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
$550.00
Thick, clear, light yellow-green glass. Sagging body with wide base, slightly hollowed; funnel-shaped orifice, rim reheated and rounded off. Pontil-mark on bottom. Silky pale blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Intact.
H. 3.6″(9.1 cm).
For a related glass see: Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. cat. 294; Lightfoot C. S. A Catalog of Glass Vessels in Afyon Museum. B.A.R., Oxford, 1989, plate 6, # 4; Die Franken. Philipp von Zabern, 1996, vol. II, pg. 612, 8; Axel von Saldern. Ancient and Byzantine glass from Sardis. Harvard University Press, London, 1980, plate 25.