Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$2,750.00
Light-green, transparent, bubbly ware. Tall conical form flaring at the rim, lip folded in. Rounded non-functional base with applied thick loop. Three small suspension-loops applied as trails are spaced around the circumference of the body.
Three bronze chains constructed of twisted s-shaped links attached to suspension-loops. Intact, original chains. Custom stand.
H. glass 3.8″(10 cm), H. with chains 8.9″(22.6 cm).
Christie’s Auction, NY, 12 June, 2002, lot 192.
Related to: Hayes J. W. Excavations at Sarachane in Istanbul. Vol.2. The Pottery. Princeton, 1992, p.400; Axel von Saldern. Ancient and Byzantine glass from Sardis. Harvard University Press, London, 1980, plate 23; Buckton D. Byzantium. Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture. British Museum Press, 1994, cat.115.