Flask
86-35-87
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 86-35-87 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 300-499 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Threading |
| Description | Green glass flask. Ogee base; inverted pyriform body; conical neck; outcurving rim; pair of triple-looped handles attached to rim and shoulder. Decorative threading- zigzags on lower body and 5 bands on upper; 1 band on lower neck, 5 on upper. Much opaque encrustation. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
| Other Number | GL15 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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