37. Large Roman carafe, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 29cm
11311
Further images
Free-blown in translucent, light yellow-green glass. The large vessel has a globular body with a flat shoulder and tall funnel neck, the body decorated with raised vertical flutes, slightly indented...
Free-blown in translucent, light yellow-green glass. The large vessel has a globular body with a flat shoulder and tall funnel neck, the body decorated with raised vertical flutes, slightly indented base. Intact.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 6th December 1972Mrs Traudi (1922-2013) and Professor Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013), UK; acquired from the above, collection number AGv 29
Their sale; Christie's, London, 28th April 2009, lot 33
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani (1966-2014), London, UK and Paris, France; acquired from the above
Publications
Christie's, London, Antiquities, 6th December 1972, lot 158Christie's, London,The Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, 28th April 2009, lot 33
