85. Roman marbled flask, 1st-3rd century AD
Glass
Height: 7.3cm
10741
£ 980.00
Free-blown in purple and clear glass, with vertical marbling, the surface with patches of rainbow- like iridescence. The body is piriform with a thin wheel-cut line towards the top, a...
Free-blown in purple and clear glass, with vertical
marbling, the surface with patches of rainbow-
like iridescence. The body is piriform with a thin
wheel-cut line towards the top, a short cylindrical
neck and out-splayed lip, a section of which is
restored. The surface has some rainbow-coloured
iridescence and some slight pitting.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 13th
December 1983
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 12th
December 1984
M. Lottmann, Paris, France
Literature
For a similarly purple marbled flask with a shorter neck compare Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand; Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, 2012) p.211, nos.314Publications
Christie's, London, UK, Fine Antiquities, 13th December 1983, lot 6Christie's, London, UK, Fine Antiquities, 12th December 1984, lot 4
