3-037-504 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Flask, second half of 3rd-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Free-blown flask of clear transparent glass. The body is spherical and the base of the neck shows a restriction mark from a tool. After annealing, the body was decorated with incisions from an abrasive wheel, the flask pressed into the wheel to create vertically oriented divets around the central section. Higher on the shoulder a series of shallow incisions were added in a similar manner, another five deep divets were added around the base. There are several visible breaks all over the vessel.