flask
Object NameDouble Head Flask
Made FromGlass
Date275-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Syria; possibly Palestine
Techniquemold-blown
SizeOverall H: 8.6 cm, W: 5.1 cm; Rim Diam: 3.3 cm
Accession Number86.1.5
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale amber glass; mold-blown; two-piece mold with separate base piece. Flask with body in form of two human heads back to back; rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; short cylindrical neck with constriction at bottom; body in form of two child-like human heads, back to back, with long hair indicated by rows of globule-like curls; flat base; no pontil mark; very thin walls.Provenance
Source
Estate of Martha J. Herpst
- 1986-07-28
