ROMAN VESSEL GROUP 1st-3rd century AD A mixed group of glass vessels comprising: a conical green-tinted body with tall neck, flared rim; a conical ribbed body with eccentric rim; a cosmetic bottle with low body with dimpled base, broad neck, rolled rim; a cosmetic bottle with iridescent body with dimple to the base and four to the sidewall, rolled rim; a squat pale blue body with flared mouth, applied rim, strap handle; a squat hexagonal-plan jar with flared neck, rolled rim. 185 grams, 56-80mm (2 1/4 - 3 1/4"). Mainly fine condition, two damaged. [6] Provenance Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Literature See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 for types.
ROMAN VESSEL GROUP 1st-3rd century AD A mixed group of glass vessels comprising: a conical green-tinted body with tall neck, flared rim; a conical ribbed body with eccentric rim; a cosmetic bottle with low body with dimpled base, broad neck, rolled rim; a cosmetic bottle with iridescent body with dimple to the base and four to the sidewall, rolled rim; a squat pale blue body with flared mouth, applied rim, strap handle; a squat hexagonal-plan jar with flared neck, rolled rim. 185 grams, 56-80mm (2 1/4 - 3 1/4"). Mainly fine condition, two damaged. [6] Provenance Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Literature See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 for types.
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