Object photograph·Csn2289·1927–1931

Blown glass, aubergine-coloured Römisches Kopflas

Dark glass flask shaped as a head, with bead-like curls of hair and a tall flared neck — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2289. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small blown glass flask whose body is formed as a human head, with a face in relief and hair made of many rounded curls. A long, narrow neck rises from the top of the head to a flared rim, and the base is a plain rounded foot. The glass is dark and glossy, with light reflections on the curls and face, and the object stands alone against a pale background.

English, translated from the original record

Blown glass. Aubergine-coloured Römisches Kopflas, 3rd-4th century n. Chr.