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
Unknown
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.