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
$225.00
Light blue-green glass, transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a conical body; slightly pushed in base; slight widening towards top with spreading rim folded over on top and pressed flat. Bluish and lilac iridescence. Intact.
Height 4.9″ (12.6 cm).
For similar published archaeological examples see:
Kunina N. Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection. ARS Publishers, LTD, St. Petersburg, 1997, cat. 365;
Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, cat. 236;
Matheson S. B. Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery. Yale University Art Gallery, 1980, cat. 157.
Metropolitan Museum Accession Number: 17.190.104