Lot Essay
For a similar example, said to be from Northern Italy, see pl. 118, cat. no. 190 in Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN SPLASHED GLASS AMPHORA
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN SPLASHED GLASS AMPHORA
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Transparent aubergine in color, free blown, the surface embellished with applied opaque white, yellow and blue patches, then further inflated, the ovoid body on a slightly concave base, with a cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, the rim folded in, and twin cobalt blue handles
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Transparent aubergine in color, free blown, the surface embellished with applied opaque white, yellow and blue patches, then further inflated, the ovoid body on a slightly concave base, with a cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, the rim folded in, and twin cobalt blue handles
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2001, lot 173.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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