46. Roman diagonally ribbed beaker, Western Empire, c.4th-5th century AD
Glass
Height: 11.5cm
11454 IVP
£ 4,500.00
Free-blown in translucent, pale blue glass. The beaker has a slightly everted and fire blasted rim, the straight sides tapering towards the base, the body decorated with twelve diagonal ribs...
Free-blown in translucent, pale blue glass. The beaker
has a slightly everted and fire blasted rim, the straight
sides tapering towards the base, the body decorated
with twelve diagonal ribs applied and melted into
the surface, pontil mark to underside. Intact.
This type comes from the Western Empire,
and probably, more specifically, the Rhineland.
Provenance
Private collection, the Netherlands; sold 1996Anonymous Sale; Bonhams, London, 22nd September 1998
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above, collection number 079
Exhibitions
Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, the Netherlands, 'Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit', 29th April-28th August 2011, exhibition no.62Publications
Kunsthandel M. Zilverberg, Archaeology - Ancient Coins (Amsterdam, 1996), no.125Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 22nd September 1998, lot 260
