Eastern Roman glass bottle with thread decoration
€2,300
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Object number
AR3423B
| Object: |
Eastern Roman glass bottle with thread decoration
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| Material: |
Pale green transparent glass with threads of dark glass.
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| Period: |
6th cent. AD to early 7th cent. AD. Late Antiquity or Early Byzantine period, respectively. |
| Description: |
Glass bottle with a spherical body, flattened at the bottom to form a base. A conical neck opens upwards, with a constriction at the base and a lipless rim. The impression is dominated by trails of dark glass thread. On the body they form a surrounding garland with pseudo-eyelets. Several threads run around the neck as decorative rings.
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| Background: |
The characteristic bottle can be attributed very well both regionally and chronologically through comparative finds. It comes from the region of Palestine, which formed the Roman province of Palaestina in the 6th and early 7th centuries. The Western Roman Empire had already fallen, but the Eastern Roman Empire was thriving. Today's historians often refer to this era as the early period of the Byzantine Empire. The Christianized contemporaries experienced a real Golden Age, which is also reflected in numerous archaeological finds of high-quality goods. The present bottle is a beautiful example of this era.
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| Dimensions: |
11.9cm height, 8.4cm diameter.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Very well preserved body with finely preserved threads. Subtle iridescence and find deposits on the otherwise clear glass.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us on the US art market in 2022. Previously in the US-American Chanin family collection. Acquired for the collection by Marcy Chanin in 1971 from the Israeli Moshe Dayan Collection. Moshe Dayan was a famous Israeli politician and military leader. Dayan served as Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces between 1953 and 1958, personally commanded the Israeli forces fighting in the Sinai during the 1956 Suez Crisis and later as Defense Minister. |
| References: |
Cf. a bottle of the identical type in Y. Israeli, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, p. 172, no. 189. Cf. H. Cantz, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, p. 300, no. 163. Similar Art Institute Chicago, ref. no. 1949.414. Cf. Christie's New York auction 7 December 2000, lot 549 (estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 USD, circa 2,100 EUR to 3,200 EUR at the time). |
| Authenticity: |
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