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
$250.00
Light green glass, transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a conical body, with deep conical hollowing underneath; slight widening towards top with spreading rim folded on top and beveled along inner edge. Dark crust in places, some iridescence. Intact.
H. 4.7″ (11.9 cm).
See: Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. 237; Kunina N. Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection. ARS Publishers, LTD, St. Petersburg, 1997, cat. 365.