Roman glass bowl
€450
available
Object number
AR3490-04
| Object: |
Roman glass bowl
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| Material: |
Pale turquoise glass.
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| Period: |
Circa 3rd century AD to 4th century AD. Roman Imperial period. |
| Description: |
Small bowl made of thick-walled glass. The body is shaped like an upside-down bell. There is a base ring attached at the bottom, with a wide wall pointing outwards. Possibly an Eastern Mediterranean made glass.
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| Dimensions: |
9.3cm diameter. 5.4cm height.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Completely intact. Light and attractive find patina. Sticker marked "4" on the bottom, the Heckmann collection number.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2023 from the German Heckmann family collection. The founder Peter Heckmann acquired the glass collection in the 1970s on the German art market.
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| References: |
Cf. D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997), pp. 79f, no. 104. Cf. E. M. Stern, Roman Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, pp. 222f, cat. no. 111. The glass bowl in the catalogue is thought to have come from the eastern Mediterranean and to be dated slightly earlier than we assume for the glass offered here. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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