58. Roman small bottle with pinched feet, c.1st century AD
Glass
Height: 9.1cm
11573 IVP
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Free-blown in translucent, brilliant cobalt- blue glass. The bottle has thin walls and three delicate feet which are pinched out and flattened, the body bulging then tapering to a slight...
Free-blown in translucent, brilliant cobalt-
blue glass. The bottle has thin walls and
three delicate feet which are pinched out and
flattened, the body bulging then tapering to a
slight constriction before the short cylindrical
neck with flaring folded lip. A section of the
lip reattached.
Provenance
Sasson Ancient Art, Jerusalem, Israel
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above 16th January 2011, inventory number NFB 261
Literature
For an example with three pinched feet compare Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, 2012), no.320