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Green Double Head Flask
| Collection number | ガ038-0280 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Syria |
| Period | Roman period |
| Date | Late 1st-2nd Century A.D. |
| Material | Glass |
| Dimension | H. 6.3 cm |
| Comment | A small mold-blown bottle in opaque green glass. A hollow glass rod was used as a blow pipe to pick up a gob of glass on the tip, and the human faces were applied by shaping and blowing into a two-part mold. The tip of the blow pipe became the neck. The open mouth rim has been folded inward. On one side of the body, the human face is pictured with a headband and a gentle expression, on the other side with eyes wide open and a threatening expression. Some theories say that double-headed flasks like this one represent the double-faced god Janus; others suggest that the faces might represent Dionysus, the god of wine, and Satyr. |
| Classification | glass vessel |
| Keyword | Green,Blue,Clear Beautiful Western Asia,Syria Glass Vessel,Bottle,Flask,Vessel,Figurative vessel,Human Human,Body part,Head,Deity/Spirit,Greece, Rome,Janus,Deity/Spirit,Greece, Rome,Dionysus/Bacchus |