Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria
)
Links to other views:⇒ Larger Viewif scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others of type Sprinkler flaskGlass sprinkler flask, Syria, 280-320 ADGlass sprinkler flask, Syria, 280-325 AD Herringbone sprinkler, Syria, 1-300 AD Herringbone sprinkler, Syria, 250-320 AD Iridescent pattern-blown sprinkler, Syria Iridescent sprinkler flask, Syria, 250-320 AD Iridescent sprinkler flask, Syria, 250-320 AD Iridescent sprinkler flask, Syria, 250-320AD Pomegranate sprinkler, Syria, 250-320 AD Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Ribbed pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Spiral pattern-blown sprinkler flask, Syria Sprinkler glass flask, Syria, 280-320 AD Sprinkler glass flask, Syria, 280-320 AD |
This glass sprinkler is blown from transparent green glass. Beneath a smooth symmetrical rim bordering a wide mouth, a concave neck meets the body with a constriction and a diaphragm. The lovely vertical ribbing on the spherical body may have been achieved by pattern blowing. It evokes the wedges of fleshy fruit. The bottom is kicked, with a deep conical depression and a prominent pontil mark. Syria, Eastern Roman Empire, late third to early fourth century AD. Thick, black, flaky weathering crust. Parallel: “Ribbed sprinkler flask. Bluish-green glass. This flask has a spherical body with a concave bottom. The body has faint pattern-molded vertical ribbing and on the bottom a row of tooled finials which serve to stabilize the object. The tubular neck extends into a splayed lip with outfolded rib. At the base of the neck is a tooled constriction ring. Roman, 3rd. - 4th. century AD” ( Fortuna 1991:53 #86). Glass Sprinklers Sprinkers are bottles made with a constriction in the neck resembling a washer. This constriction regulates the flow of contents to a trickle, which is helpful with products that must be dispensed parcimoniously. The level of care in the decoration of sprinkers suggests that their contents were luxury items such as expensive fragrances. “[Sprinklers were] Made and widely used in Syria, Eastern Palestine, and Mesopotamia… The earliest sprinklers on record are those from Dura Europos in north Syria which date from before 256 when the city was abandoned… Production continued throughout the fourth century and perhaps into the fifth century. It has not been established when the sprinkler became obsolete. Syrian glassworkers made a large variety of vessels into sprinklers, simply by squeezing the neck with jacks and bushing the body up against the cut-in to create the diaphragm. Jars, tubes, amphorisks, and head-shaped flasks were occasionally finished as sprinklers” (Stern 2001:152). Bibliography (for this item)Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd.,1991 Shining Vessels: Ancient Glass from Greek, Roman, and Islamic Times. Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, NY. (53 # 86) Stern, E. Marianne 2001 Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass; 10 BCE-700 CE; Ernesto Wolf Collection. Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany. Bibliography (on Glass Sprinklers)Stern, E. Marianne2001 Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass; 10 BCE-700 CE; Ernesto Wolf Collection. Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany. (152) |
){kind=link}