28. Roman sprinkler with pinched ribs, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 10.7cm
10839
£ 1,200.00
Free-blown in transparent, yellow-green glass. The pomegranate-like sprinkler flask has a spherical body decorated with five ribs and pinched projections, a small ring of projections forming the foot, a band...
Free-blown in transparent, yellow-green glass. The pomegranate-like sprinkler flask has a spherical body decorated with five ribs and pinched projections, a small ring of projections forming the foot, a band of thick trail applied below the wide-flaring lip, tight internal constriction at the base of the neck. One foot projection restored.
Provenance
Art Market, Beirut, LebanonHekmat and Madeleine Nassif, Monaco; acquired from the above and exported in 1987
