Large Roman Iridescent Glass Vessel

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

6 5/8 in. (143 grams, 17 cm high).

With broad shoulder, slender neck, stepped neck and upwards-flaring rim, two applied rectangular handles; iridescent surfaces.

Provenance

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.

Literature

Cf. The Corning Museum Of Glass, accession number 52.1.75, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0608