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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN F. FORT
A LATE ROMAN GLASS TWO-HANDLED JAR
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LATE ROMAN GLASS TWO-HANDLED JAR
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Aubergine in color, free blown, the globular body on a concave base, with pinched vertical ribs along the lower portion, a short cylindrical neck and wide collared mouth, each handle applied to the shoulders and pulled up to the rim
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Aubergine in color, free blown, the globular body on a concave base, with pinched vertical ribs along the lower portion, a short cylindrical neck and wide collared mouth, each handle applied to the shoulders and pulled up to the rim
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, London.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 14 June 1996, lot 154 (part).
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 14 June 1996, lot 154 (part).
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glass of Imperial Rome from the John F. Fort Collection, 2 June-6 October 2002.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer