Roman jug, 4th century AD
Glass
Height: 17.8cm
12626
£ 20,000
Free-blown in pale pink transparent glass, the handle, trail around neck and foot in transparent dark moss-green. The tall spheroid body narrowing to a funnel-like neck has fine raised diagonal striations. The base of the neck decorated with a 'pie-crust' frill. The applied base ring takes the form of nine lobes. The ribbed strap handle is drawn from the base of the neck, bent at right angles and folded onto the lip. Intact with a clean glossy surface.
Provenance
London art market by 1992
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above 18th September 1992
Jonathan Brayne, UK; acquired from the above 12th August 1993
Literature
Compare Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, 1980), no.217, a similar though less elegant examplePublications
Charles Ede, Ancient Glass XVI (London, 1993), no.51Join our mailing list
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