Very Large Roman Pale Green Glass Pinecone Flask

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (77 grams, 10.3 cm).

Featuring a long neck with a rounded, flattened rim and an oval body; the relief decoration on the body consisting of small, tightly packed knops imitating a bunch of grapes.

Provenance

Ex J. Lawton collection, UK, 1990-2010.
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information page with provenance.

Literature

Cf. Antonaras, A., Ancient Glass in the J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2025, p.192, no.199, for a similar type of pine-cone flask.

Footnotes

This typology of pinecone-shaped flasks is typical of the Syro-Palestinian region and was usually produced from the middle to the second half of the 1st century A.D. The type appears in two variants: one with a broken-off rim, and vessels with a folded rim like our specimen.

CONDITION

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