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CIRCA 1ST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
                                        
                                            A ROMAN "SPLASHED" GLASS CUP 
CIRCA 1ST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Transparent pale green in color, free-blown, the surface embellished with applied transparent aubergine and opaque white patches, then further inflated, the biconical body with slightly flanged rim, on a concave base
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
                                        
                                    CIRCA 1ST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Transparent pale green in color, free-blown, the surface embellished with applied transparent aubergine and opaque white patches, then further inflated, the biconical body with slightly flanged rim, on a concave base
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
Provenance
                                        
                                            Ancient Glass formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection; Christie's, London, 5-6 March 1985, lot 125. 
                                        
                                    Literature
                                        
                                            Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3,000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Lucerne, 1981, no. 232. 
                                        
                                    Exhibited
                                        
                                            Lucerne, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3,000 Jahre Glaskunst, 19 July - 13 September 1981.