Lot Essay
For the type see nos. 15ff. in E.M. Stern, Roman Mold-blown Glass, The First Through Sixth Centuries.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL AND JUDY STEINHARDT
A ROMAN GLASS HEXAGONAL BOTTLE
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS HEXAGONAL BOTTLE
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Opaque white in color, blown in a three-part mold, the bulbous body with six rectangular panels framed by columns, each panel containing a vessel in relief, with a repeating pattern of a hydria, an amphora and a krater, fillets suspended below the panels, with alternating large and small fruits below each column, the shoulders with six arches, each containing a dome-shaped object, on a ring base, the cylindrical neck flaring slightly toward the in-folded rim
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
SYRO-PALESTINIAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Opaque white in color, blown in a three-part mold, the bulbous body with six rectangular panels framed by columns, each panel containing a vessel in relief, with a repeating pattern of a hydria, an amphora and a krater, fillets suspended below the panels, with alternating large and small fruits below each column, the shoulders with six arches, each containing a dome-shaped object, on a ring base, the cylindrical neck flaring slightly toward the in-folded rim
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Davidowitz Collection.
Acquired by the current owner, New York, 1990.
Acquired by the current owner, New York, 1990.
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