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
$175.00
Colorless glass, transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a small bulbous body, with conical hollowing underneath; slight widening towards top, spreading rim with flattened fold on top. Variegated iridescence. Small (oval, 5 x 7 mm) body fragment missing, otherwise intact. Comes with custom made stand.
H. 4.6″ (11.7 cm).
Parallels: Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. 227,498; Crowfoot G.M. Samaria-Sebaste III, The objects from Samaria, London, 1957, 412, fig. 95.3; Clairmont C.W. The Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report IV, part V, The Glass Vessels, 1963, no. 710,711, pl. XXXVI.