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Eros, God of Love (00:49:32) 820 views
Glass flask
Miniature glass flask
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Translucent pale blue green.Rounded rim, partially folded over and in; broad, flaring mouth; uneven, cylindrical neck; bulbous body, drawn out on one side into slender nozzle; pushed-in bottom with traces of pontil mark. Thick, heavy glass.Intact, except for end of nozzle; many bubbles, some large, and blowing striations; dulling, faint iridescence, and patches of creamy weathering.
From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Idalion (modern Dali)
Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5617, p. 510.
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