Mold-Blown Glass: Perfume Vessels


Sidonian Flask

Syro-Palestinian

original

gift of: the Minden Family

date: c. 1st century AD

provenance: Syro-Palestine

description: Sidonian mold-blown hexagonal flask decorated with vases, crosses and other motives, the shoulder and base ribbed.
Dark blue glass.
Height: 8.5 cm
Diameter: 5.7 cm
The body and shoulder show restoration, trace iridescence and encrustation.