114. Roman octagonal bottle, c.2nd-3rd century
Glass
Height: 8.9cm
10738
Mould-blown in transparent pale blue glass, the thin-walled body with eight slightly concave sides, the ridges between each facet form ribs on the underside that meet at the centre of...
Mould-blown in transparent pale blue glass, the thin-walled body with eight slightly concave sides, the ridges between each facet form ribs on the underside that meet at the centre of the pushed in base, with pontil mark. Flat shoulder, wide funeral neck, with out-turned and inward-folded tubular lip, the surface with a light layer or iridescence. Intact.
Provenance
French art marketM. Lottmann, Paris, France; acquired from the above 1960s-70s
