Property from a Private Collection
A Roman Pale Blue Mould-Blown Glass Flask, circa 1st century A.D.
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December 17, 01:06 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
A Roman Pale Blue Mould-Blown Glass Flask
circa 1st century A.D.
the cylindrical neck with everted rim and inward-folded lip, with twin applied handles, the body decorated with a central rosette surrounded by a border of scrolling vine tendrils.
Height 8.3 cm.
Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger Collection, Luzern
Christie's, London, Ancient Glass, Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, March 5th and 6th, 1985, no. 97, illus.
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
Christie's, London, Ancient Glass, Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, March 5th and 6th, 1985, no. 97, illus.
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
Kunstmuseum Luzern, "3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil", July 19th-September 13th, 1981
PUBLISHED
Beat Rütti,
3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Lucerne, 1981, p. 79, no. 263