Glass head flask, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, probably Syrian, Glass, blue; mold-blown, Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with same color handle and base., Everted rim with cracked off vertical lip; broad funnel-shaped neck, splaying slightly at base; narrow horizontal shoulder; body molded into the shape of a head in the round, with vertical mold marks down sides of head in hair behind ears; below head sides curve in to round bottom; thick trail wound round bottom 3½ times to form splayed base ring; wishbone handle applied to lower half of neck in a large pad, drawn out and up, then tooled into a pinched thumb-rest with acute angle below, and drawn vertically down to back of head and trailed off down to base with decoration of twenty horizontal ribs
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Glass head flask, Late Imperial, 4th century .D, Roman, Syrian, Glass, blue, mold-blown, Height, 7 1/4, 18.4 cm, Translucent cobalt, color handle, base, Everted rim, cracked off, vertical, lip, broad funnel-shaped, neck, splaying slightly, narrow horizontal, shoulder, body molded, shape, head, round, vertical mold, marks, down, sides, hair, ears, head sides, curve, round bottom, thick trail, wound, bottom, 3½, times, form splayed, ring, wishbone, applied, lower half, large pad, drawn out, up, tooled, pinched thumb-rest, acute angle, vertically, back, trailed, decoration, twenty, ribs
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