Description:

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. A beautiful free-blown glass bottle with an amphora-like body, a long, thin neck capped by a flared, rolled rim, and a delicate handle attached midway down the neck and on the shoulder. The handle is cobalt blue, as is an applied ring under the rim. The glass itself is pale brown with darker red-brown swirls a natural part of the near-translucent glass. A faint iridescence, especially on the shoulder, contributes to the beauty of the glass. Size: 2.9" W x 8.15" H (7.4 cm x 20.7 cm); 8.8" H (22.4 cm) on included custom stand.

The Bonhams lot: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20667/lot/171/?category=list&length=10&page=18

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 171); ex-Joseph Klein collection, New York, USA, formed between 1941 and 1980, thence by descent

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#140365

  • Condition: Light iridescence on surface. Repaired on shoulder and neck, with small area of restoration on shoulder. Vessel possesses a pontil scar or mark which indicates that the vessel was free-blown. (The absence of such a mark would suggest that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.)

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