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THBRoman Sidonian Glass Date Flask
Lot 55b
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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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- Lot Description
Roman, Lebanon, Sidonian, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 2nd century CE. A lovely mold-blown flask resembling a date fruit in gorgeous translucent amber glass with hints of honey and caramel. The petite ovoid form has a rounded base, textured walls that mimic the wrinkles of date skin, a corseted neck, and a narrow rim surrounding the mouth. Scattered areas of silvery iridescence have formed across the composition and imbue it with a wonderful presentation. Size: 1.125" W x 2.375" H (2.9 cm x 6 cm); 2.75" H (7 cm) on included custom stand.
Here are Pliny's words as he describes his voyage to Sidon: "From this point on we must go back to the coast and to Phoenicia. There was formerly a town called Crocodilian, and there still is a river of that name . . . Then comes Cape Carmel . . . Next are Getta, Geba, and the river Pacida or Belus . . . Close to this river is Ptolemais . . . Next Tyre, once an island separated from the mainland by a very deep sea-channel 700 yards wide, but now joined to it by the works constructed by Alexander when besieging the place . . . but the entire renown of Tyre now consists in a shell-fish and purple dye! . . . Next are Zarephath and the city of birds (Ornithon oppidum), and Sidon, the mother-city of Thebes in Boeotia where glass is made." (Pliny, Natural History V.75-76, 77-79 CE)
For a couple of stylistically similar examples, please see "Solid Liquid: Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Glass." Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 1999, p. 80, figs. 139-140.
Provenance: ex-private DeCarlo collection, New Jersey, USA by family descent - acquired around 1990
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#149300Minor pitting to areas of body, otherwise intact and excellent. Scattered areas of faint silver iridescence across body.Condition
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