Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

8 in. (147 grams, 20.1 cm).

With bulbous body, tall tubular neck, broad everted rim; applied red glass trail at upper neck and from shoulder to base; extensive iridescence.

Provenance

From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0191