A Roman Funnel Shaped Rim Glass Flask

Date: 3rd – 4th century A.D.
Measurements: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) High.

Condition: Intact, excellent, with beautiful weathering and iridescence and some earthen deposits.
Transparent light green glass, with funnel like mouth, globular body, and slightly concave bottom.

References: Fire and Sand, Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum, A. Antonaras, no. 225, p. 159; Isings 1957, form 104b; Barag 1970a. vol. 2, pl. 42, Type XV:15; Hayes 1975, III, no. 420; Hizmi 1997, p. 45, fig. 6:21; for a ribbed variation, see Stern 2001, pp. 215-216, nos. 104-105.

 

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