Grape flask | Yale University Art Gallery

2nd-3rd century A.D.

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

Medium: Mold-blown glass, transparent dark amber
Dimensions: 18.5 × 11 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1955.6.78
Culture: Roman, Syrian, Rhineland(?) or Netherlands
Period: Roman
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Described in 7-26-1938 Kouchakji receipt. Likely from Syria.

Bibliography

Christie's London, London, Ancient Glass from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, sale cat. (July 6, 2016), 56, ill.

Richard A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass: A Guide to the Yale Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2002), 35, fig. 35.

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 104, no. 278.

Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), 330, vol. 1.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

flasks (bottles)

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