Roman Iridescent Aubergine Glass Dimpled Jar

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (74 grams, 96 mm high).

Of squat profile with dimples to the equator, short neck, broad mouth and dimple to the underside; remains of iridescence.

Provenance

Acquired Jerusalem, Israel, June 1974.
From the private collection of Dr Stanley I. Batkin (1914-2015), Scarsdale, New York, USA.
From a private USA collection, acquired from the estate of the above.
Ex Ancient Glass from the Dr Stanley Batkin (2014-2015) collection, Bonhams, London, 6 July 2017, no.177 (part).

Literature

See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass In The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume I, New York, 1997, item 285, for a similar type.

CONDITION

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