Flask

Description

Flask or amphora of yellow green blown glass, with tall slighly concave neck and tapering sides, originally decorated with two trailed handles (only one surviving): Ancient Mediterranean, Roman period, 3rd to 4th century AD

Museum reference

A.1922.541

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Flask, Amphora

Production information

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

Date

3rd - 4th century

Style / Culture

Roman Period

Materials

Glass

References

Lightfoot, Christopher, ANCIENT GLASS IN NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND, Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Limited, 2007, p.126, cat. 308