Lot Essay
For the type compare no. 48 in Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass.
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SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE
syro-palestinian, circa mid 1st century a.d.
Mold-blown of opaque white glass, the cylindrical body molded with six rectangular panels framed by beaded borders and topped alternately with triangular pediments and arches, each panel with a seven-leaf palmette with straight petals, a seven-leaf palmette with six inturned petals, or an acanthus plant, the convex base with thirty upturned tongues, with three rasied concentric circles around a central boss on the underside, the covex shoulders with inverted palmettes with inturned petals alternating with palmettes with outturned petals, with a cylindrical neck and a folded flaring rim
3.3/8 in. (8.6 cm) high
syro-palestinian, circa mid 1st century a.d.
Mold-blown of opaque white glass, the cylindrical body molded with six rectangular panels framed by beaded borders and topped alternately with triangular pediments and arches, each panel with a seven-leaf palmette with straight petals, a seven-leaf palmette with six inturned petals, or an acanthus plant, the convex base with thirty upturned tongues, with three rasied concentric circles around a central boss on the underside, the covex shoulders with inverted palmettes with inturned petals alternating with palmettes with outturned petals, with a cylindrical neck and a folded flaring rim
3.3/8 in. (8.6 cm) high