Object Description
A fine Ancient Roman flask blown in dark purple glass, featuring a squat globular body with sunken shoulders leading to a long, cylindrical neck with an out-splayed folded rim. The vessel sits on a flat but slightly concave base. Two trailed handles in pale green have been applied from the rim to the shoulder with the ends folded in and pressed onto the glass. An additional light green trailing has been applied in the form of a horizontal loop around the middle of the neck. The lower part of the neck is slightly constricted which helped control the distribution of the liquid it contained. More expensive fluids, such as perfume or oils, would have been placed in such containers so that their use was easily controlled. Beautiful blue iridescence covers the surface along with earthy encrustation.
Date: Circa 4th Century AD