CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BLUE-GREEN GLASS MOUSE-SHAPED FLASK
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) long

Provenance

Reputedly Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000), Paris, prior to 1977.
Kofler-Truniger collection, Lucerne.
Ancient Glass Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection; Christie's, London, 5-6 March 1985, lot 70.

Literature

M. Kunz, ed., 3000 Jahre Glaskunst: von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1981, no. 434.

Exhibited

Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, 19 July-30 September 1981.

Lot Essay

This vessel is in the shape of a mouse with the tail forming a spout. It has added amber glass eyes and traces of amber unmarvered glass trail around the tail. For a similar mouse-shaped vessel, see accession no. 2012.479.2 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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