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THBRoman Glass Cup - Incised Wheel Marks
Lot 32
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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
Nov 8, 2018
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2018-11-08 10:00:00
2018-11-08 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely free-blown glass cup adorned by elegant wheel marks around the exterior walls. The glass is almost colorless, with wonderful translucency and a tinge of yellow. The ancient Romans had a number of uses for beakers like this such as consuming wine, measuring amounts of certain liquids, or for scientific purposes, among others. Covered in faint areas of rainbow and silvery iridescence, this is a fabulous example from the Roman Empire! Size: 3.375" in diameter x 3.625" H (8.6 cm x 9.2 cm)
Pliny the Elder paid homage to the beauty of the many hues created in hand-blown glass, but pointed out that colorless translucent glass was the most coveted, "There is, furthermore, opaque white glass and others that reproduce the appearance of fluor-spar, blue sapphires or lapis lazuli, and, indeed, glass exists in any color . . . However, the most highly valued glass is colorless and transparent, as closely as possible resembling rock-crystal." (Pliny, Natural History XXXVI.198 from "Solid Liquid" catalogue, Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1999, p. 64.)
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#135306Tiny nicks to rim. Weathering film and deposits as shown. Some internal bubbles that arose during the creation of the cup in antiquity. Nice rainbow and silvery iridescence.Condition
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