flask

Object NameGrotesque Head Flask

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

Place MadeRoman Empire; Rhineland; Gaul

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 14.7 cm, W: 6.7 cm; Rim Diam (max): 4.8 cm

Accession Number55.1.93

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Archaeology Exhibition

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

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish colorless glass, very bubbly; mold-blown, two-part mold, rim reworked. Body in form of grotesque human head; rim plain, reheated and rounded; neck tapers, straightening towards bottom; body in form of human head, perhaps of old man, with short straight hair, wrinkled brow, large eyes with pupils indicated by countersunk boss, prominent cheekbones, hollow cheeks and overhanging upper lip, as though subject were toothless; prominent tuft of hair at back of head.

Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09

Former Collection Lille Lefubure