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Object NameDropper-Flask

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 200-499

TechniqueMold-Blown, Handles Applied

SizeRim H (max): 8.2 cm, Diam: 5.5 cm

Accession Number56.1.1

Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

probably Sasanian Empire

Physical DescriptionDropper-flask: spheroid, somewhat lopsided. Rim folded out, down, and up to form broad, somewhat asymmetrical mouth with seating for lid; neck short, cylindrical, with, at bottom, diaphragm made by folding; base has, at edge, three small, roughly triangular feet made by pinching, and low kick; pontil mark. Wall has continuous band of vertical, mold-blown ribs, which are prominent at top, but rapidly become faint, and are scarcely visible at bottom. Two opposed handles, with narrow, roughly circular cross sections, dropped onto wall just above mid-point, drawn up and reattached to outside of rim; lower, rather thick attachments pinched into two horizontal semicircular lugs; upper attachments pinched into single semicircular lugs which project out and up.
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