Artist Roman
Title
  • Barrel-shaped Flask
Date 1st century CE
Medium Glass
Dimensions Overall (object): 2 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 11/16 inches (7.1 × 3.7 × 4.3 cm)
Mount (base with wire armature): 2 3/4 × 2 × 2 inches (7 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Volunteer Committee and the Ancient Art General Fund
Accession Number 1988.22
Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European
On View Ancient Greek and Roman S2BB, Level 2 (see map)
(Donna Jacobs Gallery, Ltd., Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Slough, Penelope W. “The Art of Ancient Glass.” Bulletin of the DIA 79, no. 1/2 (2005): ill. 38, fig. 6.