65. Roman Hofheim cup with wheel cut lines, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 6.9cm, diameter of rim: 8.7cm
11301 IVP
£ 850
Free-blown pale blue glass, thick-walled, of hemispherical form, subtly tapering upward to a broken-off and polished rim. Two thick and deep bands of wheel-cut lines both with traces of gilding and silver iridescence. A pierced hole on side with traces of encrustation in the area in the shape of a handle plate, which has since been lost. A rectangular white old collection label inscribed 'S.H.40' on the base
Provenance
Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965), Germany; thence by descentExhibitions
On loan to the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, 1966-1972; listed in an inventory dated 1st August 1968, no.40On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich, 1973-2020
Literature
Compare 29R Hofheim Cup in the Allaire Glass Collection: https://ancientglass.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/gallo-roman-glass-hofheim-cup-2/
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