39. Roman bottle with trailing, Eastern Mediterranean, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 9.1cm
11531
£ 4,800.00
Free-blown in translucent, cobalt-blue glass with opaque white trailing. The latter decorates the spherical body with fine spiral trailing that continues halfway up the tall neck, the lip splayed and...
Free-blown in translucent, cobalt-blue glass with opaque white trailing. The latter decorates the spherical body with fine spiral trailing that continues halfway up the tall neck, the lip splayed and inward-folded. The tip of the neck reattached, a minute area of infill to the lip, some of the trailing worn.
Provenance
Art market, London, UKCharles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above 13th September 1989
Margaret Janet Bourne, Surrey, UK; acquired from the above 10th December 1990