flask

Object NameDropper Flask

Made FromGlass

Date200-299

Place MadeRoman Empire

Techniqueblown, applied

SizeOverall H: 14 cm, Diam (max): 9 cm

Accession Number57.1.7

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with yellowish green tint; blown, applied. Dropper-flask with pear-shaped body. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip made by folding out, up, and in; neck cylindrical, with folded diaphragm at bottom; wall straight, flaring, then curves down and in at bottom; base concave, with applied foot ring; pontil mark (Diam: 0.8 cm). Applied decoration: below rim, narrow trail wound four and a half times around neck; on body, overall pattern of four "snakes," all different, with long, sinuous bodies and bifid heads, both of which are covered with diagonal notches.
Provenance

Source Fouad Alouf - 1957-10-22