2. Roman date flask, Mid 1st-early 2nd century AD
Glass
Height: 7.9cm
11392 IVP
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Mould-blown in clear, pale purple glass in a two-part mould. The body resembling the rippled skin of a date, the short cylindrical neck with an out-turned and inward-folded mouth. Intact....
Mould-blown in clear, pale purple glass in a two-part mould. The body resembling the rippled skin of a date, the short cylindrical neck with an out-turned and inward-folded mouth. Intact.
It is unusual to find a date flask in this colour.
Provenance
Dr R.M. Lawrence, Los Angeles, California, USA; acquired 1964-1986
Private collection, California, USA; by descent from their parents
Literature
For the type compare C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Groningen/Djakarta, 1957), form 78b