87. Roman balsamarium, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 13cm
11478 IVP
£ 3,400.00
Free-blown in translucent, bright turquoise glass. The two vertical, open-topped tubes fused together and covered with a spiral of thick trail that has been melted into the surface, vertical blue...
Free-blown in translucent, bright turquoise glass. The two vertical, open-topped tubes
fused together and covered with a spiral
of thick trail that has been melted into the
surface, vertical blue handles drawn from
the body and folded onto the rim. Traces
of collection number in white at the base
reading K28463 (?). Intact.
Provenance
Ernst (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger
(1918-1999), Lucerne, Switzerland; acquired
prior to 1981
Their sale; Christie’s, London, 5th-6th March 1985
Jerome Eisenberg, New York, USA; acquired from the above
Exhibitions
Kunstmuseum Luzern, '3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil', 19th July-13th September 1981, no.460Literature
Compare Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Ancient Glass from the Collection of Lord Michael Levy (London, 2021), no.137Publications
Beat Rütti, 3,000 Jahre Glaskunst (Luzern, 1981), no.460
Christie's, London, Ancient Glass Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, 5th-6th March 1985, lot 23
