A ROMAN "SPLASHED" GLASS ARYBALLOS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN "SPLASHED" GLASS ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Aubergine in color, the exterior with blobbed splashes of opaque white and blue, free-blown, the nearly spherical body with a cylindrical neck and collared rim, with applied twin handles, on a flattened base
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

European Private Collection, 1970s.
American Private Collection, 1980s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2002 (Glasses of Antiquity, no. 59).
with Safani Gallery, New York, 2003 (Timeless Wonders, p. 17).

Lot Essay

The "splash" technique was achieved by attaching colored chips, then reheating and marvering the surface. The vessel was then further inflated. For a discussion of the technique see p. 207 in Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. For another "splashed" aryballos see no. 235 in 3000 Jahre Glaskunst.

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