Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 60, p. 164 in Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BC-700 CE, Ernesto Wolf Collection.
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CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN FACET CUT GLASS JUG
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale olive green in color, the cylindrical body mold blown, the base slightly kicked, with rounded shoulders, a tapering cylindrical neck and a funnel-shaped mouth, with an applied coil on the underside of the mouth, the wide ribbed strap handle pulled up from the shoulders and folded below the rim, the body with oval facets within a checkerboard of incised lines, hatching at the corners, flanked by two thin horizontal bands and a band of smaller vertical facets on the shoulders, and vertical lines above the base
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Pale olive green in color, the cylindrical body mold blown, the base slightly kicked, with rounded shoulders, a tapering cylindrical neck and a funnel-shaped mouth, with an applied coil on the underside of the mouth, the wide ribbed strap handle pulled up from the shoulders and folded below the rim, the body with oval facets within a checkerboard of incised lines, hatching at the corners, flanked by two thin horizontal bands and a band of smaller vertical facets on the shoulders, and vertical lines above the base
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The Late Herr Karl Löffler, Cologne; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1987, lot 28.
The Benzian Collection; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 152.
The Benzian Collection; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 152.
Literature
D. von Böselager, et al., Antiken aus Rheinschem Privatbesitz, Cologne, 1973, p. 207, no. 343, pl. 156.141.
P. La Baum and J. Willem Salomonson, Römische Kleinkunst, Sammlung Karl Löffler, Cologne, 1976, p. 72, no. 260, pl. 38.3.
P. La Baum and J. Willem Salomonson, Römische Kleinkunst, Sammlung Karl Löffler, Cologne, 1976, p. 72, no. 260, pl. 38.3.
Exhibited
Bonn, Rheinischen-Landesmuseum, November 1973-January 1974.
Cologne, Römisch-Germanischen Museum, 1976.
Cologne, Kleines Museum, Römisch-Germanischen Museum, 1982-1986.
Cologne, Römisch-Germanischen Museum, 1976.
Cologne, Kleines Museum, Römisch-Germanischen Museum, 1982-1986.
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