Lot 39
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Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A delightful flask made of a translucent pale aqua blue glass, free blown into a graceful teardrop form at its base. The wide mouth with its rolled rim is almost as broad as the curved base. Two horn-like handles attach at the shoulder and rim, with pointed tips that rise up above the rim - giving the upper part of the vessel the appearance of a bulls head, an important symbol of power and virility whose resemblance would not have been lost on a Roman. Size: 2.25" W x 5.35" H (5.7 cm x 13.6 cm)
This flask and twenty-three other items hammered at Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 198).
Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 198); ex-private United Kingdom collection, acquired between 1955 and 1976 in Lebanon and the Near East
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- Condition: Intact. Nice deposits on the surface do not obscure the original color of the glass. There is a rough pontil scar on the underside. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.
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