19. Roman marbled bottle, Eastern Mediterranean, Early 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 10.8cm
11438 IVP
£ 14,000.00
Free-blown in thick, translucent, dark purple and opaque white marbled glass. The rounded body has a near-horizontal shoulder, a cylindrical neck, and everted lip, the base slightly pushed in. Intact.
Free-blown in thick, translucent, dark purple and opaque white marbled glass. The rounded body has a near-horizontal shoulder, a cylindrical neck, and everted lip, the base slightly pushed in. Intact.
Provenance
Private collection, England, UK; acquired c.1985
Soleimani Gallery, London, UK
Anonymous Sale; Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, 7th-9th June 2006
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired 2006
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above on the 28th January 2008
Literature
Compare Susan Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (Yale, 1980), nos.67 and 71For an example with a handle compare V. Arveiller-Dulong and M-D Nenna, Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, Vol.II (Paris, 2005), no.820
