flask
Object NameCosmetic Flask
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; Syro-Palestine
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm, Rim Diam: 2.7 cm, Foot Diam: 4.2 cm
Accession Number54.1.111
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Arkansas Museum of Science and History-Museum of Discovery)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionLight green, transparent glass; blown, applied. Cosmetic flask: tubular. Rim rounded by folding out, up, in, and down; wall almost vertical, but tapering slightly and curving in to constriction at bottom; foot conical, shallow and hollow, with rounded edge made by folding; pontil mark. Decorated with single narrow trail wound about six times around wall at mid-point. Basket-shaped handle made from three gobs of glass: two opposed blobs dropped onto lower wall, drawn up to rim in two loops attached to upper wall; third gob dropped onto edge of one upper loop, drawn up and down, with acute angle at apex, and attached to edge of second upper loop. Few bubbles, mainly in handle.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Wallace H. Furman
- 1954-07-13
200-399
1000-1199
300-499
1400-1360 BCE
200-399
300-499