ByzG005
Byzantine mold blown bluish-green glass hexagonal flask with trefoil rim and a handle
6th-7th century AD.
Height: 14.3 cm. (5 5/8 in.)
repair at shoulder with crack and small hole.
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The flask with molded hexagonal body, cylindrical neck, trefoil rim and a
handle from rim to shoulder. The body with six rectangular panels
decorated with molded intaglio ornaments framed with dots. The six
panels depict: a lozenge, a figure(?), a tree, a lozenge, a grillwork and a
tree. (Barag class C III).This flask belongs to the group of hexagonal and octagonal pilgrims flasks with Jewish and Christian symbols from Jerusalem.
Cf. Barag, D. "Glass Pilgrims Vessels from Jerusalem" I-III, Journal of Glass Studies, Vol.12, 1970, pp.35-63; vol.13, 1971, pp.45-63. (mold C II).
Stern, E. M., - Toledo1995, Cat. nos. 176-7, for other molds.
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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