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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Doubler Head Flask
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Doubler Head Flask

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureSyrian
Date350-399 A.D.
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Base: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6777
Not on view
DescriptionDouble head flask of mold blown in a two-part mold clear amber tinted glass. Curled hair (almost like a grape), puffed cheeks, features are not sharp. 1.25" high slightly tilted cylindrical neck. Flaring rim with a folded-over edge. Has a metal stand molded to hold it. Syria, Near East.

Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran
1884
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1-199 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Charles-Antoine Coypel
ca. 1740-1745
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1st century A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1851-1865
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2017.
Pierre Auguste Cot
1879
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Albert Bouts
1450-1550
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1800-1850