Roman Glass Sprinkler Vessel with Applied Fish

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (107 grams, 10.9 cm).

Piriform body raised on nine small feet at the base, collar to the conical neck and chamfered rim; to the lower neck a disc with narrow central opening; to the outer face of the body, vertically pinched flanges.

Provenance

From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.

Literature

See Christie’s, London, Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, London, 1991, n.42, for a related specimen.

CONDITION

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