SidG009
Sidonian cobalt blue glass hexagonal ???Birds?? flask
1st century AD.
Height: 7.6 cm. (3 in.)
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The flask with mold-blown hexagonal body, of three parts mold, cylindrical neck and folded rim. The body with six almost square panels, divided by six pillars, surmounted with triangular pediments. Each panel depicts in relief a different kind of a bird.
Cf. Stern, E. M., Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, Cat. Nos. 45-47, pp.142-146.
Stern, E. M., - Toledo1995
Stern, E. M., Roman Mold-blown Glass. The First Through Sixth Centuries, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1995
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