A large Roman green glass flask with wide funnel neck, the body with mould-blown diagonal shallow ribbing -- 7in. (17.5cm.) high; and a large globular flass jar, the body with ten short ribs, crack at bottom -- 4¾in. (12.3cm.) high, from Tiberias, circa 2nd Century A.D. | Christie's

Lot 155

155

A large Roman green glass flask with wide funnel neck, the body with mould-blown diagonal shallow ribbing -- 7in. (17.5cm.) high; and a large globular flass jar, the body with ten short ribs, crack at bottom -- 4¾in. (12.3cm.) high, from Tiberias, circa 2nd Century A.D.

Details

A large Roman green glass flask with wide funnel neck, the body with mould-blown diagonal shallow ribbing -- 7in. (17.5cm.) high; and a large globular flass jar, the body with ten short ribs, crack at bottom -- 4¾in. (12.3cm.) high, from Tiberias, circa 2nd Century A.D.
See illustration (2)

Provenance

Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: item 2 purchased from Lawrence, 1898

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