Lot 125
  • 125

A Cobalt Blue Mold-blown Glass Bottle, circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.

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Description

  • A Cobalt Blue Mold-blown Glass Bottle
  • Height 3 1/2 in. 8.9 cm.
with long cylindrical neck and flaring mouth with rounded rim turned in, the body molded in relief with a janiform head, the long curly hair falling down the sides.

Provenance

acquired in London in 1975

Literature

Kokusai Bijutsu, Ltd., Tokyo, 3rd Exhibition Catalogue, 1975, no. 152, illus.

Condition

very good
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Oppenländer Collection, no. 461.