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Culture: Eastern Mediterranean.
Date: 1st Century AD.
Material: Glass.
Condition: Intact, excellent, with excessive iridescence and custom base stand.
Provenance: Ex: American private collection.
Measurements: 3.1 inches high (7.8 cms).
Light aubergine in color, The ovoid body of this vessel was blown in a two-part mold. Around the body is a frieze with a continuous vine scroll flanked above and below by a band of ridges and vertical flutes. The cylindrical neck extends into a slightly splayed lip with in-folded rim and two delicate trailed handles. An extremely fine vase retaining some of its original fire-polished surface.. Very rare in such a state of preservation.
Cf: Toledo 1995, no. 56, p. 153.
Antiquities
Ancient Roman
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