ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Ca. 200-300 AD.
An elaborately modelled glass flask in light green with long everted neck and bulbous shaped body, the neck has a wheel made trailing decoration which has been applied afterwards. For examples of Roman glass from the same period see: Roman Glass in the Corning Museum, Volume one, David Whitehouse. For an introduction to Roman glass see: Brill, R.H., 1967: "A Great Glass Slab from Ancient Galilee," Archaeology. Charleston, R.J., 1978: "Glass Furnaces through the Ages," Journal of Glass Studies 20. Fleming, S.J., 1999: Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change, Appendix A (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum). Grose, D.F., 1989: Early Ancient Glass, various sections (New York: Hudson Hills). Stern, E.M. and Schlick-Nolte, B., 1994: Early Glass of the Ancient World, 72-79 (Ostfildern: Verlag Gerd Hatje). Weinberg, G.D., 1988: Excavations at Jalome, 38-102.
Size: L:170mm / W:100mm; 99g
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.
Estimate: GBP 750 - 1500