26. Roman sprinkler with pinched feet, 3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 10.1cm
10780 IVP
£ 1,200.00
Free-blown in, transparent green glass. The surface of the bulbous body is lightly decorated with swirling flutes, a row of pressed indentations decorates the shoulder, the neck is tightly constricted...
Free-blown in, transparent green glass. The surface of the bulbous body is lightly decorated with swirling flutes, a row of pressed indentations decorates the shoulder, the neck is tightly constricted at the base and flares outwards to form a wide mouth, the rim of which is folded in two registers, the body stands on six pinched feet. Intact with some incrustation, mainly to the interior.
Provenance
Found near Jerusalem, Israel
Kaufmann’s Antiques, Tel Aviv, Israel
Private collection, USA; acquired from the above in the 1960s-70s
Literature
Compare Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, 2012), no.419, p.256
