A LARGE ROMAN COBALT BLUE GLASS JAR

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A LARGE ROMAN COBALT BLUE GLASS JAR
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of ovoid form, the underside of the base slightly concave, with tall slightly flaring rim, decorated with wheel-cut horizontal bands around body and rim
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi collection, Rome; formed in the late 19th-early 20th Century.
Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 124.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
G. Sangiorgi, Collezione de Vetri Antichi dalle Origini al V secolo D.C., Milan and Rome, 1914, no. 133.

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