Roman Blue Glass Vessel with Vine Leaf Design

EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER

4 1/2 in. (186 grams, 11.5 cm).

Of piriform shape with iridescent surfaces, decorated with later applied fruiting vines in high-relief, a stylised rosette to the vessel's base; restored; rim chipped.

Provenance

London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
Private collection, England.

Literature

Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, items 226, 270, for type; Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 649, for technique.

CONDITION

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