Roman stemmed beaker, 4th-5th century AD
Glass
Height: 10.5cm
11581 IVP
£ 1,500
Free-blown in translucent turquoise-coloured glass. Tall slender body widening a little towards the rim, with constricted base and a low spreading convex foot, the bottom pushed in. Intact with some light surface iridescence.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17th December 1997Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above, inventory number 046e or 068
Literature
Compare J.W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, 1975), no.379, p.104, illus. p.211Publications
Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 17th December 1997, lot 22Join our mailing list
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