Lot Essay
For an explanation of the technique and further parallels for the flask with pulled trails, cf. E. M. Stern, Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass. 10 BCE-700 CE, Ostfildern-Ruit 2001, p. 302, no. 163.
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CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN CLEAR GLASS INDENTED CUP
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The wide beaker with four dimpled indentations, a thin applied trail below the rim, the flat base with applied circular trail and pontil marks; and a Roman amber glass flask, the globular body decorated with an upper row of tooled pinchos and below with pulled trails on the interior attached to base of funnel-shaped neck, circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
4 in. (10 cm.) diam. and 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high respectively
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The wide beaker with four dimpled indentations, a thin applied trail below the rim, the flat base with applied circular trail and pontil marks; and a Roman amber glass flask, the globular body decorated with an upper row of tooled pinchos and below with pulled trails on the interior attached to base of funnel-shaped neck, circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
4 in. (10 cm.) diam. and 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high respectively
Provenance
Item one: The Rev. D. Wilkinson collection, Sussex, acquired 1960s.
Plesch collection (AGh 10C); acquired from C. Sheppard, London, August 2001.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGv 13J); acquired from J. Haring, Freiburg, April 1978.
Plesch collection (AGh 10C); acquired from C. Sheppard, London, August 2001.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGv 13J); acquired from J. Haring, Freiburg, April 1978.
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