A ROMAN MARBLED GLASS BOTTLE
A ROMAN MARBLED GLASS BOTTLE

CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLED GLASS BOTTLE
Circa Late 1st Century A.D.
Dark blue in color with applied opaque white trail wound spirally around the neck and body and finely tooled into a festoon pattern, melted flush with the surface, then inflated, the spherical body with a long tapering cylindrical neck, the rim folded out and in, on a slightly concave base
9 1/16 in. (23 cm) high
Provenance
French Private Collection, 1970s

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