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Flask
Unknownperhaps 4th–5th century A.D.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Free-blown flask of nearly opaque brown glass decorated with combed threads of opaque red and yellow glass in alternating horizontal threads. The vessel is squat and spherical. The rim is folded over the inside edge. Heavy weathering ha caused brown and white discoloration.
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Details
- Title: Flask
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: perhaps 4th–5th century A.D.
- Location Created: Workshop in the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
- Type: Flask
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2004.33
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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