Description:

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A circular glass ingot with planar faces and rounded peripheries. The ingot is solid and contains glass of primarily green and blue hues. One side displays a small indentation, and the other exhibits the end of a glass trail which was fused to the body upon creation. Raw glass ingots were essential in creating the exquisite glass works known throughout the Roman Empire. Finer sand made for higher-quality glass, with some of the best glass ingots originating in what is now Cologne, Germany. This ingot is covered in fiery layers of rainbow-hued iridescence which nicely complement the dark hues of the glass. Size: 3.875" L x 3.625" W (9.8 cm x 9.2 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Martin Wunsch collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s

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#141987

  • Condition: Minor abrasions and nicks to both faces and peripheries, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and great rainbow iridescence throughout.

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