Saddleflask
86-35-54
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 86-35-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Syro-Palestine (uncertain) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 300-399 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Green glass double-balsamarium/saddleflask. Twin inverted conical-misshapened-bodies; narrowing neck; flaired rolled rim; applied thin handle (2) at each neck. Spiralling thread decoration runs over both bodies. One handle broken. Some irridescence. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
| Other Number | GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number |
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