Glass flask with elaborate looped handles, 5th–6th century
Glass flask with elaborate looped handles, Late Imperial or Early Byzantine, 5th–6th century , Roman, Syrian, Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled, H. 7 5/8 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent blue green; handles and trails in same color., Thick rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top; tall, slightly concave neck, with tooling indent around base; sloping shoulder; side tapering downwards and curving in to low, conical pedestal; tubular base with rounded edge, made by folding; kick in bottom with circular pontil scar; four rod handles applied in claw pads over trail decoration to middle of neck, drawn out, turned down vertically, and trailed off on top edge of body; four trails attached to handles at point where they bend down, drawn across from left to right in a large upward loop, and applied to top of next handle
Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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