Ca. 1st-2nd Century AD 
A Roman blown glass flask with a beautiful blue-green colouring. The flask has a flat, disc-shaped body and a wide, short neck that has been tooled in at the base. The flask culminates in a flat, rolled rim lip. There is striking iridescence scattered across the surface of the vessel. 
 
Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Herbert Friedman, NYC. Collected in the 1960’s in Israel. Thence, to family by descent.