Glass flask with elaborate looped handles, Late Imperial or Early Byzantine, 5th–6th century A.D., Roman, Syrian, Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled, H. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green; handles and trails in same color., Thick rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top; tall, slightly concave neck, with tooling indent around base; sloping shoulder; side tapering downwards and curving in to low, conical pedestal; tubular base with rounded edge, made by folding; kick in bottom with circular pontil scar; four rod handles applied in claw pads over trail decoration to middle of neck, drawn out, turned down vertically, and trailed off on top edge of body; four trails attached to handles at point where they bend down, drawn across from left to right in a large upward loop, and applied to top of next handle
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Glass flask, elaborate looped handles, Late Imperial, Early Byzantine, 5th–6th century .D, Roman, Syrian, Glass, blown, trailed, tooled, H, 7 5/8, 19.4 cm, Translucent blue, green, handles, trails, color, Thick rim, folded, out, flattened, top, tall, slightly concave, neck, tooling indent, base, sloping shoulder, side tapering, downwards, curving, low, conical pedestal, tubular base, rounded edge, folding, kick, bottom, circular pontil, scar, four rod, applied, claw pads, trail decoration, middle, drawn out, turned down, vertically, trailed off, top, body, trails, attached, point, bend across, left, right, large upward, loop, next handle
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