CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLED GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965) collection, Germany; thence by descent.

Literature

S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, 1980, p. 25, no. 65, in footnote.

Exhibited

On loan to the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, 1966-1972.
On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich, 1973-2020.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

For a similar flask catalogued as a perfume container in marbled white and amber glass, measuring 24 cm. tall, see no. 65 in S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, 1980, where it mentions another group of similar vessels now in the Archaeological Museum, Naples, found in Pompeii.

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