Roman ribbed jar, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 12.7cm; diameter: 9.2cm
12754
Copyright The Artist
£ 2,800
Blown from pale blue-green glass, the vessel has a globular body with a gently flattened base bearing a pontil mark. The body is decorated with a series of short vertical ribs. A tall cylindrical neck rises into a pronounced collar beneath a broad funnel-shaped mouth with a folded rim. Intact.
Provenance
Asfar Brothers, Beirut, Lebanon; 1974with Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, Germany
Private collection, Switzerland; acquired 4th March 1980 from the above
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