Roman Yellow Glass Flask

CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (3 1/8 in.) (16.7 grams, 66 mm (33.9 grams total, 79.4 mm high including stand)).

Mould-blown from translucent glass, the globular body on a circular flat base tapering at the shoulders to a cylindrical neck with an everted rim; a single applied handle; the body decorated with a horizontal band of a continuous Vitruvian wave framed by a double circumferential line, decorative ridges above and below; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1948-2000.
Ex J.L. collection Surrey, UK.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, vol.II, nos.640-641, for similar.

Footnotes

The pitcher belongs to a late Roman group decorated with granulated circles forming like volutes. The shape of these globular pitchers is well known since the 1st-2nd century A.D., with the rim folded up and the handle applied to the shoulders, but the decoration is more typical of a later age.

CONDITION

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