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Roman globular bottle

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Object number
AR2293
Object: Roman globular bottle

Material: Pale green glass.

Period: 4th century AD.
Late Roman Imperial.

Description:    Free-blown glass vessel with globular body. Long cylindrical neck, vertical rim with hollow horizontal flange below, made by folding. The bottom is flattened.
Liepmann locates the production of such vessels to the Eastern Mediterranean (cf. reference below).

Dimensions: 156mm height, c. 110mm diameter.

Condition: Museum grade. Fully intact, which is rare for an ancient glass vessel of this size. Original dirt encrustations at the rim. Nice iridescence.

Provenance: Acquired by us in 2017 from the private posession of M. Voos, Germany. Inherited by M. Voos from the Germany private collection H. Herbst. Acquired between 1976 and 1978 on the London art market, probably at Davies Antiques, for the Herbst collection and brought to Germany.

References: Cf. U. Liepmann, Glas der Antike, p. 99, no. 127.
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Acc. no. 17.194.128.

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