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THBRoman Sidonian Mold-Blown Glass Date Bottle
Lot 31
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**Originally Listed At $700**
Roman Empire, Lebanon, Sidonian, ca. mid 1st to early 2nd century CE. A fine mold-blown flask resembling a date fruit in gorgeous translucent amber glass with bands of lemon yellow and hints of aubergine - the vessel's generally oblong form presenting a short neck and a flaring rim with an infolded lip. Note how the mold was meticulously rendered to create the impression of a date's wrinkled skin. In addition to its stunning coloring, areas of rainbow iridescence cast a glow upon the surface. Size: 3.25" H (8.3 cm); 3.8" H (9.7 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 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 CE).
For an almost identical example, see lot 185, Sotheby's New York Antiquities Auction, 14 June 2000; for another similar example, lot # 74, the Constable Maxwell collection of ancient glass, Sotheby Parke Bernet auction, 4/5 June, 1979. Cf. no. V-57, Reflection on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection. Cf. Toledo, Roman Mold Blown Glass, nos. 84 - 107. The author notes that Phoenicia during the 1st century CE "was famous not only for mold blown glass but for its date palms," and this may have "inspired glass workers in Phoenicia to blow vessels shaped like dates."
Provenance: ex-Stephen Shalom, collection, New York City, New York, USA, 1970s, purchased in Israel
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#147865Chips to rim and side wall. A few stable hairline pressure fissures to the body, possibly indicative of repair but very difficult to discern. Internal bubbles in the glass and traces of weathering film.Condition
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