Roman ribbed sprinkler, 3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 10cm; diameter: 7.6cm
12755
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Blown from pale green glass, the vessel has a bulbous globular body articulated by applied vertical ribs. A short cylindrical neck, constricted at its junction with the body, rises to a broad folded and flattened disc rim. Intact.
Provenance
Ronnie Firer, Jerusalem, IsraelPaul E. Cuperus, Laren, the Netherlands; acquired from the above 2004
Joop van der Groen, the Netherlands
Literature
Compare Anastassios Antonaras, Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2025), no.347Also see A. von Saldern et al., Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg, 1974), p.236, no.691
Publications
Paul E. Cuperus, Glass from the Roman Empire: Catalogue of a private collection of Roman and Early-Byzantine glass (2009)Joop van der Groen, Romeins Glas (2023) p.192 f
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