A Roman greenish-blue glass pyxis and lid

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A Roman greenish-blue glass pyxis and lid
1st-2nd Century A.D.
The body of cylindrical form on flanged base, with similar flanged fold at the shoulder with curving exterior wall above, the domed knobbed lid with flanged fold above the rim, iridescence, small chip to knob, small cracks to lid
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1981, p. 66, no. 186; and S. H. Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p. 119, nos. 145-146 for similar pyxides or inkwells.

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