155. Roman beaker with applied decoration, c.3rd-6th century AD
Glass
Height: 10cm
11303 IVP
£ 1,800.00
Free-blown in clear, transparent glass, of conical form, slightly flared and broken off and polished lip, tapering to a small flattened base. Three pairs of applied turquoise glass blobs marbled...
Free-blown in clear, transparent glass, of conical form, slightly flared and broken off and polished lip, tapering to a small flattened base. Three pairs of applied turquoise glass blobs marbled with opaque red to the middle of the body. Three wheel-cut bands around the upper body and one around the lower body. Interior has patches of heavy encrustation. Intact.
Provenance
Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965), Germany; thence by descentExhibitions
On loan to the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, 1966-1972; listed in an inventory dated 1st August 1968, no.36On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich, 1973-2020