Lot Essay
Cf. Christie's, London, Ancient Glass Formerly in the Kofler-Truniger Collection, 5 March 1985, lot 11 for a Syro-Palestinian jar with similar decoration.
Details
A LATE ROMAN AMBER GLASS JAR WITH MULTICOLOURED IRIDESCENCE
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
The square-sided body with tall neck and inward-folded lip, the mould-blown relief decoration on each side panel comprising a) a frontal standing man with arms raised holding a staff in each hand, b) tree(?), c) date-palm, d) seated and standing figure(?), highly iridescent
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
The square-sided body with tall neck and inward-folded lip, the mould-blown relief decoration on each side panel comprising a) a frontal standing man with arms raised holding a staff in each hand, b) tree(?), c) date-palm, d) seated and standing figure(?), highly iridescent
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) high