Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 77, p. 168 in Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass.
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ANCIENT GLASS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEOFFREY SOWASH
A ROMAN GLASS JUG
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS JUG
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Pale yellow-green in color, mold-blown, the cylindrical body with three pairs of floral sprays arranged horizontally tip-to-tip, carinated below, with tongues radiating around the low ring foot, the shoulder off set by a double ridge, with tongues radiating around the cylindrical neck, the flaring mouth folded out then in, with a single handle pulled up from the shoulders and folded below the rim
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Pale yellow-green in color, mold-blown, the cylindrical body with three pairs of floral sprays arranged horizontally tip-to-tip, carinated below, with tongues radiating around the low ring foot, the shoulder off set by a double ridge, with tongues radiating around the cylindrical neck, the flaring mouth folded out then in, with a single handle pulled up from the shoulders and folded below the rim
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Faustus Fine Art, London, 1985.
Brought to you by
Molly Morse Limmer
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