CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY A.D.

Details

TWO MEROVINGIAN GLASS BELL-BEAKERS
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.4 cm.) high max.

Provenance

with Sheppard & Cooper, London, 1995 (Glass of the Dark Ages, nos. 12, 13).
The Wunsch Foundation, New York, acquired from the above.
Property of the Wunsch Foundation; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 178 and 179.

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

To create the spiral ribs on the taller beaker, the vessel is blown into a mold and then twisted. For a related example see no. 670 in D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Vol. II, Corning, 2001.

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