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

Flask

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureRoman Empire

Date1st century

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number65.27.6

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 3

DescriptionFlask of mold blown opaque white glass. Much weathering and decomposition. Some iridescence. Hexagonal body of six pilasters and between these a variety of Bacchic symbols. Same as 67.5.3 & GAnR.66.23.

Label TextRoman Empire, probably Syria, possibly Sidon Bottles with Images of Vases, 1st century A.D. Mold-blown glass Museum purchase, C.W. Grandy Fund and gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 67.5.3, 65.27.6, and 71.6781 Published ReferencesNeuburg, _Ancient Glass_, pg. 46, fig. 41 & 42. Corning, _Journal of Glass Studies_, VI, pg. 34-41. Eisenberg, _Art of the Ancient World_, pg. 25, No. 53. S.B. Matheson, _Ancient Glass at Yale_ catalog, #122, pp. 46-47, numerous parallels.