Roman indented beaker
€550
available
Object number
AR3490-03
| Object: |
Roman indented beaker
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| Material: |
Pale green, transparent glass.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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 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.
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