Roman Glass Flask with Handle

1ST-3RD CENTURY AD

4 1/2 in. (57 grams, 11.5 cm).

Amber glass flask with bulbous body, dimple base, tapering neck, flared mouth folded into a pouring lip, applied handle to the rear.

Provenance

From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 334, for type.

CONDITION

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