Flask / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.01.0126
Object Name: Flask
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 12.2
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Two-handled flask. Free blown of transparent blue-green glass. Cylindrical body flaring out slightly to rounded shoulder. Columnar neck with slight constriction at join with body. Plain, rather uneven rim turned in and down. Bottom flat with deep kick. Pontil and reamer marks. Trailed ribbon handles from shoulder to upper third of neck; upper ends of handles rise in unattached vertical to rim; ends folded down against top of rim. Narrow trail around neck under handles. Neck of vessel cracked.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 4th - 5th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.01.0126
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0126/1971_01_0126

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