Lot Essay
For a similar example in the Ernesto Wolf collection, see no. 135, p. 249 in Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700 CE.
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THE PROPERTY OF A CONNECTICUT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN GLASS POMEGRANATE-SHAPED SPRINKLER FLASK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS POMEGRANATE-SHAPED SPRINKLER FLASK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, free-blown, the spherical body with six pinched ribs, the cylindrical neck constricted on the interior, on a base of six pinched toes arranged in a small circle, the wide funnel mouth with rounded rim, an applied green ring on the exterior below the rim
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, free-blown, the spherical body with six pinched ribs, the cylindrical neck constricted on the interior, on a base of six pinched toes arranged in a small circle, the wide funnel mouth with rounded rim, an applied green ring on the exterior below the rim
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
English Private Collection, 1960s-1970s.
with Christopher Sheppard, England, 2007.
with Christopher Sheppard, England, 2007.