44. Roman lamp-filler, c.1st-2nd century AD
Glass
Height: 8.4cm
11447 IVP
Free-blown in transparent pale blue-green glass. The small, bird-shaped flask has an ovoid body pulled out on one side to form a ‘tail’ or tapering spout, a pinched ‘crest’ along...
Free-blown in transparent pale blue-green glass. The small, bird-shaped flask has an ovoid body pulled out on one side to form a ‘tail’ or tapering spout, a pinched ‘crest’ along the top of the body, the cylindrical neck with an inward-folded lip. Intact, many air-bubbles through the glass.
Though often described as ‘feeders’, such vessels were most likely used to fill oil lamps.
Provenance
Daniel M. Friedenberg (1923-2011), Portland, Oregan, USAHoward S. Rose Gallery, New York, USA, Arte Primitivo, 14th October 2003
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above, collection number 156
