Lot 24
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE; Near East, Islamic, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A beautiful ensemble of 4 ancient glass vessels, 3 from ancient Rome and 1 from the ancient Near East. First is a squat Roman jarlet with a flared, in-folded rim and a spherical body bearing 6 equidistant impressions. Next is a slender unguentarium with 4 deep impressions that create a tall, X-shaped body. The largest vessel is a Roman bottle with a piriform body and a gently corseted neckline. Accompanying the Roman vessels is an Islamic bottle of squat size with a corseted foot, a cylindrical body, and a tubular neck with a thick rim. Each vessel is surrounded by mesmerizing layers of silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence indicative of their ages. Size of largest (Roman bottle): 2.3" W x 5.5" H (5.8 cm x 14 cm)
Provenance: ex-private C. Davis collection, Cypress, Texas, USA, acquired at auction or gallery before 2011
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- Condition: Roman squat jarlet has 1 petite spall along 1 protruding rib with hairline fissures surrounding damaged area, and Roman bottle has chipping to rim with areas of jaggedness; Roman unguentarium and Islamic bottle are intact and very good. All 4 vessels have light abrasions and encrustations commensurate with age, micro-bubbling within glass matrices, and light weathering film. Great iridescence throughout.
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