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THBRoman Sidonian Glass Janiform Bottle
Lot 82a
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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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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Roman, Sidonian, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A fine Janus-headed miniature mold-blown glass vessel representing two heads of a youth or possibly a cherubic Cupid with a wavy coiffure - with a long cylindrical neck rising above to a slightly flared infolded rim - all in gorgeous translucent amber glass. Scholars believe that this type was a second century invention that continued into the third and fourth centuries. A lovely unguent or perfume bottle of a rare double or janiform flask form, quite refined and presenting exquisite detailing. Size: 3.25" H (8.3 cm)
Sidon was a center of art glass production in ancient times. Here are Pliny's words as he described 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 a 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 AD).
Provenance: ex-private New Jersey, USA collection
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#149297Intact save a minor flaw on underside of the base. Neck is translucent; body is not, suggesting that it may contain some dessicated contents. Traces of deposits/weathering film on the surface.Condition
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