Culture: Roman. Date: 3rd - 4th Century A.D. Material: Glass. Condition: Intact, superb iridescence. Provenance; Ex: American private collection. Measurements: 4 inches high (10 cms). Of tubular form, with short neck, the rim is horizontal flange with rounded edge and narrow opening, made by a folding out, up, and in, and flattening. An exceptional pleasing flask with excessive iridescence and weathering. Cf: No. 308, p. 176, Corning Museum collection; Form 102a, Isings, Stern (1977, pp. 77-80, no. 21) published similar bottle in the Fondation Custodia, Paris, and listed 29 parallels most of which were found in the eastern Mediterranean, the earliest example from a datable context (at Pombalinho-Santarem, Portugal) was buried in the 1st half of the second century A.D., and the latest (from Samaria-Sebaste, Israel), was buried in the mid fourth century AD.

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Ancient Roman