41. Roman bottle with trailing, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 8.2cm
11667 TA
£ 5,500.00
Free-blown in translucent, purple-brown glass. The spherical body is decorated with fine spiral trailing in opaque white, continuing halfway up the tall neck, the lip splayed and inward- folded. Intact,...
Free-blown in translucent, purple-brown glass. The spherical body is decorated with fine spiral trailing in opaque white, continuing halfway up the tall neck, the lip splayed and inward- folded. Intact, a minute loss to trailing at the top, restored.
Provenance
Hirachi, Beirut, LebanonFaustus Fine Art, London, UK; acquired from the above, 1985, stock number A2435
Tony Eastgate, London, UK; acquired from the above 9th March 1985, thence by descent
John Eastgate, London, UK; by descent from the above in 2007
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above 2016
Private collection, New York; acquired from the above 2018
