4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A Roman pale green glass flask
4th Century A.D.
The spherical body decorated with pinched knobs, the tall cylindrical neck slightly constricted at the base, with folded 'collar-like' mouth, 5¾in. (14.6cm.) high; a translucent glass flask, with high-shouldered piriform body, the tall cylindrical neck with inward-folded rim, circa 3rd-4th Century A.D., 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; a clear glass beaker, on circular folded foot, the body with biconical lower half flaring to a wide mouth, the body with faint wheel-cut lines, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) high; a heavy bluish-green glass 'candlestick' unguentarium, with squat body, tall tapering neck and inward-folded horizontal rim; another, pale blue, with bell-shaped body, iridescent, both 6in. (15.3cm.) high; a similar translucent glass unguentarium, with squat body, 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high, all 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a similar flask, with cylindrical body, short neck and flaring mouth, 3rd-4th Century A.D., 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high (7)
4th Century A.D.
The spherical body decorated with pinched knobs, the tall cylindrical neck slightly constricted at the base, with folded 'collar-like' mouth, 5¾in. (14.6cm.) high; a translucent glass flask, with high-shouldered piriform body, the tall cylindrical neck with inward-folded rim, circa 3rd-4th Century A.D., 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; a clear glass beaker, on circular folded foot, the body with biconical lower half flaring to a wide mouth, the body with faint wheel-cut lines, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) high; a heavy bluish-green glass 'candlestick' unguentarium, with squat body, tall tapering neck and inward-folded horizontal rim; another, pale blue, with bell-shaped body, iridescent, both 6in. (15.3cm.) high; a similar translucent glass unguentarium, with squat body, 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high, all 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a similar flask, with cylindrical body, short neck and flaring mouth, 3rd-4th Century A.D., 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high (7)
Provenance
Items one and two: C. A. Hessing Collection, Holland.