Roman conical beaker or lamp, Syro-Palestinian, c.4th century AD
Glass
Height: 15cm, diameter: 6.1cm
10852 IVP
£ 2,000
The relatively thick, clear glass walls have two very faint groups of three wheel-cut lines. The rim has been ground, the cone-shaped body tapering to a small flattened base. Intact, the surface with a vivid lilac and royal blue iridescence.
Provenance
Dr Sid Port, Santa Monica, CA, USA; acquired 1980s from Superior AuctionsPrivate collection, Palm Desert, USA; acquired mid 1990s
Literature
John W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, 1975), p.217, pl.31, fig. 477
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