94. Pilgrim flask, Rome, 4th century AD
Glass
Height: 13.5cm
11859 IVP
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Mould-blown in translucent yellow glass. Lentoid body with diagonal striations, handles drawn from the shoulder to the middle of the cylindrical neck, which is decorated with a fine thread of...
Mould-blown in translucent yellow glass.
Lentoid body with diagonal striations,
handles drawn from the shoulder to the
middle of the cylindrical neck, which is
decorated with a fine thread of spiral trail,
the lip flared, inward-folded and flattened,
pontil mark to the base. Intact, some
iridescence and light surface pitting.
Provenance
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
Antiquarium Denny Pinkus Ltd, Jaffa, Israel
Alan Levin, USA; acquired from the above May 1995
Literature
Compare with John. W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, (Toronto, 1975), no. 389, p.106, illustrated p.208