Ancient Roman 2000 Year Old Sand-Cast Iridescent Glass Flask Funnel-Mouth Bottle 6″H

Ancient Roman Sand-Cast Glass Flask: Iridescent Funnel-Mouth Bottle with Stopper

Roman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 1st-4th century CE (approximately 2,000 years old)

Dimensions: approximately 6″H; measure directly before publishing exact figures

This is an ancient Roman glass flask, free-blown with a globular body, a tall neck, and a wide, flat funnel-form mouth. A glass stopper is present but broken, with the loose piece resting inside the mouth.

Vessels of this globular, funnel-mouthed form were common household and burial glass across the Roman provinces from roughly the 1st to 4th century CE, most often from the Eastern Mediterranean (modern Syria, Israel, and surrounding regions). The heavy, pearlescent iridescence and mineral encrustation seen here developed over centuries of burial, as moisture and soil chemistry slowly layered the glass surface, and is prized by collectors as a mark of genuine age.

Form: Ancient Roman glass flask, globular body, funnel-form mouth
Construction or Decoration: Free-blown glass; heavy pearlescent iridescence and encrustation from burial; broken glass stopper present, loose inside neck
Period: Roman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 1st-4th century CE (approximately 2,000 years old)
Dimensions: approximately 6″H
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Condition: Body and neck intact; the glass stopper is present but broken, with the loose piece resting inside the mouth. Heavy iridescent weathering and earthen encrustation throughout, typical of ancient buried glass.