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flask

Object NameDouble Head Flask

Made FromGlass

Date275-399

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)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Syria; possibly Palestine

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.
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