Lot Essay
For a similar example, see no. 53 in Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Free-blown with an globular body, slightly tapering cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, decorated with opaque white swirls, 3 1/2in. (8.9cm.) high
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Free-blown with an globular body, slightly tapering cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, decorated with opaque white swirls, 3 1/2in. (8.9cm.) high
Provenance
Wheaton College, Norton, MA, Sotheby's, New York, December 1978, Lot 25
The Breitbart Collection, Sotheby's, New York, June 1990, Lot 83
The Breitbart Collection, Sotheby's, New York, June 1990, Lot 83