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THBChoice Roman Glass Pitcher w/ Glossy Iridescence
Lot 50b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Jul 5, 2018
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful, free-blown, near-opaque glass vessel of a pale blue-green color with a concave base and smooth pontil, a bulbous body, a tall neck with a pinched spout, and an applied trail handle joining rim to shoulder. Areas of brilliant silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence cover most of the exposed turquoise-hued body, though the majority of the vessel is enveloped in an incredibly-smooth creamy-white iridescence. Used for holding scented oils or other semi-precious liquids, this is a stunning example from the height of the Roman Empire! Size: 2.125" W x 4.375" H (5.4 cm x 11.1 cm).
Most scholars agree, Roman glass was of the highest quality - both aesthetically and technically - among the ancients. While glass making had been practiced for centuries, glass blowing was invented in the Roman-controlled Holy Land in the 1st century BCE. This new technology revolutionized the artform. We can appreciate such a wide variety of forms and shapes, because the medium of glass has unique physical properties that make for so many more possibilities which would eventually replace a wide variety of pottery and metal wares in the ancient world. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mold blown forms and decorations, and were traded far beyond the Roman Empire. Roman glass vessels have been found in Scandinavia, India, and in Han Dynasty tombs in China.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#135251Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age as expected, and very minor nicks to upper end of handle, otherwise intact and choice. Light earthen deposits within body. Fabulous silvery and rainbow iridescence on exposed blue-green surfaces, and stunning white iridescence across most of exterior.Condition
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