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Object NameDouble Head Flask

Made FromGlass

Date200-225

TechniqueMold-blown, two-piece mold, reworked

SizeOverall H: 9.6 cm, W: 5.9 cm

Accession Number50.1.15

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

A Touch of Glass

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish-colorless bubbly glass; mold-blown, two- piece mold, rim reworked. Body in form of two human heads; rim outsplayed horizontally, turned upward and inward; cylindrical neck, tapering slightly at top with diaphragm at bottom; spheroid body; flat base. Mold-blown decoration: two heads back to back with curly hair, which covers ears; youthful, beardless faces with indented pupils and dimpled chins.

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