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
$800.00
Light turquoise, transparent glass. Tubular rim, folded down and in; convex sides, curving in to low, tubular base-ring; floor kicked with thickening at center. Two diametrically opposed ornamental handles applied to rim, decorated with vertically tooled ribs. Pale blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Mended from two original pieces.
H. 2.1″(5.3 cm), D. across handles 5.4″(13.7 cm).
Parallels: C.S.Lightfoot. A Catalogue of Glass Vessels in Afyon Museum. B.A.R., Oxford, cat. 35; Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. 179.