A RARE ROMAN AMBER GLASS INDENTED FLASK, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY
A RARE ROMAN AMBER GLASS INDENTED FLASK, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY
Roman Empire. Free-blown in translucent amber-brown glass, the elegant vessel with a tall, waisted neck flaring toward a broad funnel-shaped mouth with rounded rim. The tapering, pear-shaped body swells toward the lower section and terminates in a slightly concave base. The lower margin is rhythmically modeled with seven evenly spaced indentations and decorated above with two groups of three encircling wheel-cut lines.
Provenance: With Gerhard Herinek, Vienna, Austria. The private collection of Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria, acquired from the above in 1989, and thence by descent. A copy of an expertise, written and signed by Gerhard Herinek, dated 16 June 1989, confirming the dating above and recording Asia Minor as the findspot, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, corrosion and weathering, areas of ancient deposits and encrustations to the exterior and interior. A barely visible, stable stress crack to the rim.
Weight: 74 g
Dimensions: Height 17.3 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a Roman glass indented flask with six elongated depressions, dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD, 8.7 cm high, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 74.51.214.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 3 June 1999, lot 198
Price: USD 1,610 or approx. EUR 2,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Roman light green glass indented beaker, circa 3rd-4th century AD
Expert remark: Compare the closely related dating, free-blown technique, proportions, and indented sides. Note the slightly smaller size (15.2 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's London, 20 April 2005, lot 163
Price: GBP 7,800 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Roman dark blue glass indented beaker, 2nd century AD
Expert remark: Compare the related tall proportions and deeply indented body. Note the different color, earlier dating, and slightly smaller size (15 cm).
A RARE ROMAN AMBER GLASS INDENTED FLASK, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY
Roman Empire. Free-blown in translucent amber-brown glass, the elegant vessel with a tall, waisted neck flaring toward a broad funnel-shaped mouth with rounded rim. The tapering, pear-shaped body swells toward the lower section and terminates in a slightly concave base. The lower margin is rhythmically modeled with seven evenly spaced indentations and decorated above with two groups of three encircling wheel-cut lines.
Provenance: With Gerhard Herinek, Vienna, Austria. The private collection of Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria, acquired from the above in 1989, and thence by descent. A copy of an expertise, written and signed by Gerhard Herinek, dated 16 June 1989, confirming the dating above and recording Asia Minor as the findspot, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, corrosion and weathering, areas of ancient deposits and encrustations to the exterior and interior. A barely visible, stable stress crack to the rim.
Weight: 74 g
Dimensions: Height 17.3 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a Roman glass indented flask with six elongated depressions, dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD, 8.7 cm high, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 74.51.214.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 3 June 1999, lot 198
Price: USD 1,610 or approx. EUR 2,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Roman light green glass indented beaker, circa 3rd-4th century AD
Expert remark: Compare the closely related dating, free-blown technique, proportions, and indented sides. Note the slightly smaller size (15.2 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's London, 20 April 2005, lot 163
Price: GBP 7,800 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Roman dark blue glass indented beaker, 2nd century AD
Expert remark: Compare the related tall proportions and deeply indented body. Note the different color, earlier dating, and slightly smaller size (15 cm).
