A ROMAN GREEN GLASS CARCHESIUM

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN GREEN GLASS CARCHESIUM
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With flaring sides, the lower body with raised rib, a lathe cut rim and a splayed foot
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, USA.
with Safani Gallery, New York, 1978.
Private collection, Canada, 1978-2013.

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Lot Essay

For another similar, but for the addition of two small opposed handles, see no. 130 in D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. I, New York, pp. 90-91. Whitehouse lists other parallels, including two found at Pompeii.

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