Culture: Eastern Mediterranean Date: 4th Century AD Material: Pale green glass Condition: Intact, superb Provenance: Ex. Private Collection Measurements: 2.9 inches high (7.3 cms) This attractive jar has a spherical body resting on a concave bottom and is topped with a short neck and a flaring mouth and indistinct out-folded rib. The body is emelished with pairs of vertically oriented ribs that were made into a net-like design by pinching and nipping them at their midpoints. A very rare type. Cf: Corning 2001, no. 719, pp. 179-180; Fritz Fremersdorf, Die Denkmalerdes romischen Koln, vol. 6 (Cologne, 1961), pl. 70, p. 43. Our vast inventory of ancient art includes one of the finest and most comprehensive ancient glass collections ever assembled; it includes nearly every variety of pre-Roman, Roman, and Eastern Mediterranean ancient glass. If you have any specific inquiries, please let us know.

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