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THBLarge Roman Glass Jar w/ Added Blue Rigaree
Lot 76
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Jun 20, 2018
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2018-06-20 10:00:00
2018-06-20 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to early 5th century CE. A sizeable and near-transparent free-blown vessel created with pale sage-hued glass. The jar has a concave base with a rough pontil scar, a globular body with several raised ribs around the circumference, a rounded shoulder, a deep interior cavity, and a tall collared rim which is slightly off-kilter due to the forming and cooling process. A pair of sapphire-blue rigaree trails zigzag around the body's exterior surfaces with an excess trail ringed above the upper band. Faint areas of silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence are visible across the exterior, with one dense patch of iridescence along a small area of the body's lower half. The near-transparent nature of this vessel is exceptionally rare, with the view through the other side being impeded only by the rigaree bands adorning the exterior. Size: 3.625" W x 3.5" H (9.2 cm x 8.9 cm).
Ancient glass manufacture had begun in the 2nd millennium BCE in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greeks and Phoenicians advanced glass technology greatly in the latter 1st millennium BCE. In the early 1st century CE, Roman workshops began producing blown glass on a large scale. Eventually glass vessels came to replace a wide variety of pottery and metal wares in the ancient world. Ancient Roman glass was traded far beyond the Roman Empire. Roman glass vessels have been found in Scandinavia, India, and in Han Dynasty tombs in China.
A similar example with only one rigaree trail hammered for GBP 2,640 ($3,495.95) at Christie's, London "Fine Antiquities & Important Antiquities from Capesthorne" Auction (sale 7183, October 18, 2005, lot 216): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-roman-pale-green-glass-jar-with-4585546-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4585546&sid=1fe69b98-9f60-41ec-9d09-e7755111ef27
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#135002Surface wear and light abrasions commensurate with age as expected, light roughness to inside of rim, and minor fading to pigmentation, otherwise intact and choice. Light earthen deposits and nice silvery and rainbow iridescence throughout with one concentrated area on body's lower half.Condition
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