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Object NameDouble Head Flask

Made FromGlass

Date100-299

TechniqueMold-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 8 cm, W: 4.2 cm; Base Diam: 3.4 cm

Accession Number64.1.11

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass; mold-blown, two-piece mold, rim reworked, handles applied. Body in form of two human heads; rim outsplayed horizontally, turned downwards and inwards; short neck which bulges at mid-point; flat base; two applied handles, attached to neck, pulled up to underside of rim, folded outward and downward to form loop, then attached to body at base of neck. Mold-blown decoration on body: two heads, back to back, both with hair brushed back from forehead and covering ears; one has youthful, beardless face; other has moustache and beard on cheeks, chin and underside of jaw.

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