Roman glass pitcher
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Object number
AR3490-12
| Object: |
Roman glass pitcher
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| Material: |
Pale green to turquoise glass.
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| Period: |
Late 4th century AD to mid 5th century AD. Late Roman period. |
| Description: |
Small jug with pear-shaped body and flat base. The waisted neck ends in a funnel-shaped lip. From there, a handle that is folded once at the top runs in an arc to the shoulder. A fine decorative thread is melted on in a spiral under the lip. There is a wide decorative thread in the middle of the neck. The fine and beautifully decorated glass pitcher was made in Roman Palestine, probably in an ancient workshop in what is now Jalamah, in the West Bank. |
| Dimensions: |
8.2cm height. 5.4cm diameter without handle, 6.0cm diameter with handle.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Completely intact, even the delicate handle and threaded decoration are preserved. With solid white incrustations on the surface.
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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. E. M. Stern, Roman Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, p. 287, cat. no. 151. The very similar glass jug described there comes from Palestine. Cf. Y. Israeli, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, p. 182, no. 215, from the eastern Mediterranean. Cf. D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two, pp. 182f, nos. 725 and 726. The vessel type is attributed to the region from Syria to Palestine, and the vessel no. 726, which is very similar to the pitcher shown here, is traced by Whitehouse to a 4th century workshop in Jalamah, in the West Bank. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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