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THBRoman Glass Flask w/ Lovely Iridescence
Lot 58
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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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Aug 2, 2018
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2018-08-02 10:00:00
2018-08-02 10:00:00
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Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful blue-green near-opaque glass flask with a slight concave base, spherical body, a pinched neck line, a tubular neck, and a collared rim. A pair of horizontal wheel-cut lines encircle the body and give it a segmented appearance. Brilliant, fiery areas of silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence complement the pale turquoise body in a palette of amethyst, citrine, topaz, sapphire, emerald, and ruby hues. A fabulous example of sophisticated glass-blowing artistry from the Roman Empire! Size: 3.75" W x 5.5" H (9.5 cm x 14 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 slightly-larger example hammered for $2,000 at Christie's, New York Antiquities Auction (sale 2565, June 8, 2012, lot 150): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-roman-glass-bottle-eastern-mediterranean-circa-5567290-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5567290&sid=a7b44399-8b9e-41c7-bd3e-d4ff752d96c6
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection
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#134585Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age as expected, very minor nicks to body and rim, and some fading to coloration, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits as well as silvery and rainbow iridescence throughout.Condition
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