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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Flask
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Flask

AAT Object Techniqueblown glass
AAT Object Form/Functionflasks (bottles)
Possible OriginAsia
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date3rd-4th Century CE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of John and Maidie Franklin Opladen
Dimensions7 9/16 x 5 1/4 in. (19.2 x 13.4 cm)
Object number1982.001.011
Exhibition HistoryAcross the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
ProvenanceEx coll. John Opladen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased in Syria or Lebanon. On loan to the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, until 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Bruce M. White, 2018.
3rd-4th Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
1st Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
1st-2nd Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 200 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
early 4th Century CE