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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN F. FORT
A LATE ROMAN GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LATE ROMAN GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale green in color, free blown, the piriform body on an outsplayed base, with an elongated cylindrical neck constricted at the merge to the body, with a flaring rim
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale green in color, free blown, the piriform body on an outsplayed base, with an elongated cylindrical neck constricted at the merge to the body, with a flaring rim
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
C.A. Hessing, The Netherlands.
with Sheppard & Cooper Ltd., London.
Sheppard & Cooper Ltd.; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 3 July 1996, lot 321 (part).
with Sheppard & Cooper Ltd., London.
Sheppard & Cooper Ltd.; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 3 July 1996, lot 321 (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