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Eastern Mediterranean, circa 3rd-4th century AD
Height: 14.8 cm
Provenance: Private collection France, acquired c. 1990; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2011
The lenticular body of translucent pale green glass with a cylindrical neck, a pronounce depression at the join, and thick flared rim. Two turquoise ribbon-like trails applied to the sides and continuing up to form handles of circular cross section attached at the middle of the neck. A small flat base with pontil mark.
Literature: Published: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2013, no. 59.
For a similar example see Fritz Fremersdorf, Edeltraud Polónyi-Fremersdorf, 'Die Farblosen Gläser der Frühzeit in Köln, 2. Und 3. Jahrhundert’ (Bonn, 1984), p.98, no. 218. A vessel of comparable shape but without the zig zag trailing is in the Allaire Collection.
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 3rd-4th century AD
Height: 14.8 cm
Provenance: Private collection France, acquired c. 1990; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2011
The lenticular body of translucent pale green glass with a cylindrical neck, a pronounce depression at the join, and thick flared rim. Two turquoise ribbon-like trails applied to the sides and continuing up to form handles of circular cross section attached at the middle of the neck. A small flat base with pontil mark.
Literature: Published: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2013, no. 59.
For a similar example see Fritz Fremersdorf, Edeltraud Polónyi-Fremersdorf, 'Die Farblosen Gläser der Frühzeit in Köln, 2. Und 3. Jahrhundert’ (Bonn, 1984), p.98, no. 218. A vessel of comparable shape but without the zig zag trailing is in the Allaire Collection.