Flask, Flaska

The flask of translucent bluish glass consists of the neck and the body. The lower part of the long conical neck has three rings in relief that divide the surface into sections of different widths. The round opening has a flanged rim. A wide horizontal strip around the body divides the four sides of the flask into two equal sections. The shoulders are faceted and ornamented in high relief with double triangles. In the lower section towards the base the tapering sides are faceted, sloping to form four elongated feet, which are now missing.
This flask belongs to the type of 'molar' flasks, so called after the shape of their elongated, wedge-shaped feet that resemble the root of a molar tooth. The purpose of this shape was probably functional. Flasks of this type were articles for everyday use and intended to contain perfume or essence.

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How Object was obtained:
Purchased in 1932 by the National Museum of Fine Arts as part of the so-called Hannibal collection from the Russian art dealer Hannibal, in Tehran, on behalf of the Swedish art historian Carl Johan Lamm (1902–82). The collection consists in total of around 750 items of Egyptian and Persian glass.

How provenance was established:
Acquired by the Russian art dealer Hannibal in Egypt. This specific form of molar flasks originated in Egypt.

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