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
$2,000.00
Amethyst colored glass. Ovoid body with cylindrical neck, spreading rim folded on top and beveled along inner edge. Neck free blown, body blown in two-part mold. Handle with loop-shaped protuberance over rim. Relief frieze of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by friezes of flutes. Iridescence and surface pitting. Lower body professionally mended from original pieces only. Comes with custom made stand.
H 2.6″(6.8 cm).
Parallels: Stern E.M.. The Toledo Museum of Art: Roman Mold-blown Glass. 1995, cat. 55; , cat. #140; Axel von Saldern. Gl채ser der Antike, Samlung Erwin Oppenl채nder exh. cat. 1974, 144, ill. 147, no. 412; Kunina N. Siriyskiye vydutie v forme steklyanie sosudi iz nekropolya Pantikapea. 1973, Leningrad, 117-122.