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LOT 0663

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

ROMAN FLARED GLASS VESSEL
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (47 grams, 12 cm).

With dimple base, globular body, pinched neck and flared mouth with thickened rim; some iridescence to the pale blue-green glass.

PROVENANCE:
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 227, for type.

CONDITION
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