A ROMAN AUBERGINE AND OPAQUE WHITE GLASS FLASK, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN AUBERGINE AND OPAQUE WHITE GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The elongated translucent aubergine body with opaque white trails tooled into a feathered pattern, with short everted rim
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

Almost certainly acquired by either William James (1854-1912) or his brother Frank James (1851-1890), who both travelled extensively in Egypt and the rest of Africa, and by descent to Edward James (1907-1984) in London and later at Monkton House; subsequently moved to West Dean House circa 1986 (recorded there in 1987).