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Roman indented beaker

€550
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Object number
AR3490-03
Object: Roman indented beaker

Material: Pale green, transparent glass.

Period: Mid 1st cent. AD to 2nd cent. AD.
Roman Imperial period.

Description:    Glass beaker decorated by four vertical pittings of the wall, so-called indented beaker. The thick-walled body has the shape of a convex cylinder. The base is fitted with a short foot. Unworked rim, turned outward and upward.
Indented beakers were popular in the whole roman empire. Finds are known from Great Britain, Central Europe and Italy, to Egypt.

Dimensions: 9,0cm height and 7,8cm diameter.

Condition: Perfect condition. Completely intact. Two modern stickers on the bottom. One marked "E9858 Roman 3rd cent AD". The other marked "3", the Heckmann collection number.

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.

References: Cf. D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two, p. 113, no. 172.
Cf. Y. Israeli, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, p. 160, no. 162.

Authenticity: We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.