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THBPublished Roman Glass Beaker - Faceted & Colorless
Lot 46b
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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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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Late Roman to Byzantine, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A stunning, tall glass beaker created from near-transparent glass that is virtually colorless with just a tinge of yellow, its conical form standing upon a flared foot with a slightly concave bottom and a raised circular center. The tall walls present a faceted honeycomb pattern - the 8 rows of vertically oriented facets set between slender horizontal ribs marking the upper and lower ends and a concave base with a broken pontil. Although the facets are oval-shaped, they appear hexagonal when viewed next to one another. The bands above and below the ribs are undecorated. Simply stunning, and a lovely rainbow iridescence imbues this piece with even more beauty. Size: 2.9" in diameter x 5.5" H (7.4 cm x 14 cm)
Facet-cut vessels were created by pressing the glass against an abrasive rotating wheel. Beakers like this example have been discovered throughout the ancient world, from Afghanistan and Syria to Egypt and the Rhineland. This style of covering a vessel's surface with interlocking facets became quite popular in the 1st to 2nd centuries CE. This vessel fits into Oliver's Group II, Tall form, glasses with a ledge below the faceting and a ridge directly above. See Andrew Oliver, Jr., "Early Roman Faceted Glass," JGS 26 (1984), 35-58, esp. cat. Nos. 19-32, pp. 48-50. Especially close are specimens from Stockholm, cat. No. 29; Corning, cat. No. 30; Copenhagen, cat. No. 31; and Mainz, cat. No. 32. For the Corning example, see also Donald B. Harden, "Glass of the Caesars" (Milan, 1987), cat. No. 105, p. 195; Corning 1997, cat. No. 395, p. 233.
Published in "The Muse's Song: Selections of Ancient Art"; Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2008, no. 76.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Martin Wunsch Collection, New York, 1980's; published in "The Muse's Song: Selections of Ancient Art"; Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2008, no. 76.
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#142885Lip has been ground flat. Beautifully faceted. Repaired from about 6 pieces. Light weathering film and amazing rainbow iridescence. Pontil mark on underside of base. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.Condition
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