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flask

Object NameFlask

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

TechniqueMold-blown, reworked, applied

SizeOverall H: 14.9 cm, W: 11.1 cm, D: 8.4 cm; Rim Diam: 6 cm

Accession Number59.1.153

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTransparent light olive green glass with small bubbles; mold- blown, two-part mold, rim reworked, handles applied. Lentoid body; rim outsplayed, turned upward and inward; neck tapers then splays gently toward bottom; body circular in front elevation, ovoid in vertical section; base kicked, two handles applied to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration on body: on front and back, three concentric raised circles surrounded by rosette and twenty-four raised petals; on sides, two rows of graduated circles with central bosses alternating with pairs of small bosses.
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