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flask

Object NameDouble Head Flask

Made FromGlass

Date300-499

TechniqueMold-blown, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 9.7 cm, W: 5.8 cm; Rim Diam: 3.7 cm

Accession Number97.1.13

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionPurple, translucent or transparent glass; body blown in two-part mold of two vertical sections, probably open at base; handle applied and crimped. Pitcher with body in form of two heads back to back. Rim outsplayed, turned up, and cracked off; neck shaped like funnel; body spheroid, with flat base; no pontil mark; handle attached to neck, drawn out, down, and in, reattached to shoulder, and crimped three times; trail dropped onto top of handle and drawn once around neck in clockwise direction. On body, faces are somewhat blurred, but evidently round and chubby. Face A has arched eyebrows, bulbous eyes, straight nose flattened at end, and rather indistinct mouth; its hair is indicated by evenly spaced knobs arranged in two or three tiers, which are blurred at top and well-defined at bottom. Face B is similar, but has bulging cheeks. Mold seems are concealed in hair.
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