Saddleflask
86-35-53
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 86-35-53 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Syro-Palestine (uncertain) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 400-499 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Blue-green glass double-balsamarium/saddleflask. Pontil of base; twin concave cylindrical bodies encircled by threading; rolled rims. Elaborate handle consisting of 2 alternating paired arches capped with a single suspension handle. Trailing ribbon decoration from each handle/rim join (4) to base. |
| Height | 26.9 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Depth | 7.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
| Other Number | GL14 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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