Double Head-Shaped Bottle: One Serious Face, One Smiling Face
Artist
Roman
Dateabout 75–125 CE
Mediumopaque white glass
Dimensions7.6 cm (3 in.)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number1905.9
DescriptionBody is formed of two heads of youths; cylindrical neck. Double or janiform--by far the most common of the head flask series; a 2nd-century invention, continues to the 3rd and 4th centuries. More naturalistic examples are less common, possibly earlier. Lacks identifying attributes (Medusa, bacchantes are common); this may be Eros or Cupid, a figure popular in Roman art and well suited to adorn vessels used mainly for perfume. Opaque white glass (mold blown). Late 1st - early 2nd century AD. From Madytos, Thracian Chersonese.ProvenancePurchase from Frank Calvert; from Madytos, Thracian Chersonese
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