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Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube). Culture: Roman, Syrian. Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16in. (14.1cm). Date: 4th century A.D.. Colorless with pale green tinge; foot, handles, and trail in same color. Broad, horizontal rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck, joining imperceptibly with slender, piriform body; applied conical foot, with folded tubular edge; deep kick in bottom and pontil mark; two rod handles applied in claw pads to neck, drawn up and out, and then turned in and pressed onto lip of rim. Single fine trail applied as a pad on lower body, drawn up and wound in a spiral twenty-one times around body and neck, ending under one of the handles. Complete, but crack in neck and upper body, and some parts of trail missing; some bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, thick creamy brown weathering, and limy encrustation. Associated with the flask is a small bronze spatula, suitable for spooning the contents out of the deep flask.
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Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
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Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube). Culture: Roman, Syrian. Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16in. (14.1cm). Date: 4th century A.D.. Colorless with pale green tinge; foot, handles, and trail in same color. Broad, horizontal rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck, joining imperceptibly with slender, piriform body; applied conical foot, with folded tubular edge; deep kick in bottom and pontil mark; two rod handles applied in claw pads to neck, drawn up and out, and then turned in and pressed onto lip of rim. Single fine trail applied as a pad on lower body, drawn up and wound in a spiral twenty-one times around body and neck, ending under one of the handles. Complete, but crack in neck and upper body, and some parts of trail missing; some bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, thick creamy brown weathering, and limy encrustation. Associated with the flask is a small bronze spatula, suitable for spooning the contents out of the deep flask.
Técnica/material:
Glass, bronze; blown and trailed
Periodo:
Late Imperial
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Localización:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
4200 x 4200 px | 50.5 MB
Tamaño impresión:
35.6 x 35.6 cm | 14.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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