Culture: Roman.

Date: 1st Century A.D.

Material: Aubergine glass.

Condirion: Intact, excellent, with custom base stand.

Provenence: Ex: American Private collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Measurements: 2.8 inches high (7.1 cms).

*We are pleased to announce that we have just completed the acquisition of a major ancient glass collection, consisting of over 75 pieces. We will be updating the site with these pieces on a daily basis. This piece is part of the collection.

A Sidonian glass with an oval body blown in a bipartite mold. Two small trail handles extend from below the flaring lip towards the shoulders of the flask. The body is decorated with a central band of running vine scroll, with a fluted pattern above and below it. Parts of the body with a silvery-violet iridescence. An exceptional glass, and extremely rare in such condition.

Cf: Oppelander, nos. 413-415, pp. 144-46, Lucerne, no.254, p.78; Smith, no. 75, p. 61; Wolkenberg, no. 90, p. 35; Newark, no. 66, p.70., Constable-Maxwell, no. 101, Eisen, I, p. 225, pl. 54.

Antiquities
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