Hellenistic hemispherical bowl, 2nd century BC
Glass
Height: 7.5cm, diameter: 12.5cm
11365
£ 4,500
The yellow glass is cast, with two wide bands cut on the interior below the rim and two shallow cut bands on the exterior towards the rounded base. Intact, very subtle rotary scratches to the exterior.
These vessels were ground, polished and cut on a potter's wheel.
These vessels were ground, polished and cut on a potter's wheel.
Provenance
Asfar Bros, Beirut, LebanonGalerie am Museum, Freiburg, Germany; acquired from the above in 1974
Dr F.J. and M.E., Wehr, Germany; acquired from the above in 1980
Literature
Compare E.M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World 1600 BC-AD 50 (Ostfildern, 1994), no.82. Also see an example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245193
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