ROMAN GREEN GLASS BEAKER

Ca. AD 100 - 300 A Roman green glass beaker composed of a cylindrical large body, a flat base, and a short flared rim. Glass beakers were used in Roman society only by high-level people for their cost; ordinary people used wood dishes and beakers. For similar see: Christie's. Live Auction 7161, Antiquities, Lot. 169.
Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 50g
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. collection of Rabbi Herbert Friedman, NYC, collected in the 1960s In Israel, to family by decent.

150
Estimate: GBP 250 - 350