Glass sprinkler flask
Unknown Artist
Translucent pale green.
Uneven, rounded rim, flaring upwards, with projecting folded flange below; broad mouth; short cylindrical neck, curving in slightly at base, where it has a folded diaphragm with small hole at center; globular body; flat bottom, slightly pushed-in at center with small round pontil mark.
On lower half of body, three irregular horizontal rows of tooled knobs (11 in top row, 12 in middle, and 9 in bottom).
Intact; a few bubbles and black impurities; some limy soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Credit: Museum Accession
3rd–4th century A.D.
Glass; blown and tooled
7.9 x 7.9 cm
X.21.172
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
