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THBTall Roman Glass Twin-Handled Flask, ex-HJ Berk
Lot 36
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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, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary mold-blown flask, translucent in appearance, with a flat base and a tall cylindrical body. The rounded shoulders taper dramatically to a tubular neck and a thick collared rim, with a pair of wide and meticulously-striated handles joining neck to shoulder. The vessel primarily exhibits a pale yellow-green coloration, though thicker areas near the rim and handle boast a verdant emerald-green. Miniscule windswept striations seem to emulate a tornadic column of wind and pollen emphasized only by areas of brilliant silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence. A sumptuous example of sophisticated glass-blowing artistry from the Roman Empire! Size: 3.75" W x 9.25" H (9.5 cm x 23.5 cm).
The following quote poetically describes the artistic process of creating free-blown glass in ancient Rome, "First he heated the very point of the iron, then snatched from nearby a lump of bright glass and placed it skillfully within the hollow furnace. And the crystal as it tasted the heat of the fire was softened by the strokes of Hephaestus like . . .he blew in from his mouth a quick breath . . . .like a man essaying the most delightful art of the flute. The glass received the force of his breath and became swollen out around itself like a sphere before it. It would receive another onslaught of the divine breath, for often swinging it like an ox-herd his crook he would breath into . . ." (P. Oxy. 50.3536, a third century poem on glass blowing - R.A. Coles, Oxyrhynchus Papyri 50 (1983), p. 58 from "Solid Liquid" catalogue, Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1999, p. 56)
For a similar example, please see "Solid Liquid," Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1999, p. 56, fig. 157.
A similar example with only one handle and non-collared rim hammered for $4,000 at Christie's, New York Antiquities Auction (sale 2565, June 8, 2012, lot 135): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-roman-glass-jug-circa-late-1st-2nd-5567275-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5567275&sid=19c1b475-bf0a-4d7a-87c3-0943c17a9261
Provenance: ex-Harlan Berk collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#133896Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age as expected, small chips to rim and bottom of one handle, with light roughness to base, handles, body, and rim. Nice earthen deposits as well as silvery and rainbow iridescence throughout. Pair of old inventory stickers on base.Condition
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