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Culture: Roman.
Date: 2nd Century AD.
Material: Glass.
Condition: Intact, excellent, with excessive iridescence and weathering.
Provenance: Ex: American private collection.
Measurements: 5.3 inches high (13.5 cms).
Of four sides with a strap handle. The vessel still retains its original plaster stopper, retaining the original substance that was inside. A very rare type, especially this nice.
Cf: Hermitage no. 167, p. 287; Whitehouse, Corning glass collection, no. 322, p. 183; Newark, no. 128, p.110.
Antiquities Ancient Roman
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