Roman Translucent Glass Jar with Gallery

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (3 3/8 in.) (46 grams, 74 mm wide (125 grams, 85 mm high including stand)).

Globular in profile with wide double-stepped rolled rim, applied wavy line trails forming a gallery from rim to body, pinched diagonal ribs to outer face and dimple to the underside; supplied with a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From the glass collection of a London gentleman, UK, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.

CONDITION

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