Roman Glass Flask

with interior "trapped threads" created by pinching the glass bubble before inflation

 

 

3rd-4th Centuries AD

 

Height: 10.5 cm.     (4 1/8 in.)

 

 

ex: a private European collection, 1980's-1990's

 

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XII (New York, 2014) p.30

 

cf:  Auth, Susan ; Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum (Newark, 1976) p.128, no.158

 

 

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