42. Roman dropper flask, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 13.3cm
11582 TA
£ 6,200.00
Free-blown in clear blue-green glass. The pale blue body pinched in the centre to form four vertical side tubes and a larger central opening in between two near-spherical chambers, a...
Free-blown in clear blue-green glass. The pale blue body pinched in the centre to form four vertical side tubes and a larger central opening in between two near-spherical chambers, a pair of clear blue-green handles drawn from the shoulder and folded vertically at the rim to create thumb rests, the lip out-turned and folded. Intact, iridescence in the pitting on the inner surface of the lower chamber.
Provenance
Gil Chaya, Biblical Antiquities, Jerusalem, IsraelPrivate collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above, 5th January 2005, collection number 176
Exhibitions
Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, the Netherlands, 'Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit', 29th April-28th August 2011, exhibition no.272Literature
Compare Susan H. Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum (Newark, 1976), no.151
