A Roman bottle with pinched projections, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 5th-6th century AD., the free-blown rounded body tapering to a short cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with a series of pinched projections, the base indented, the surface...
A Roman bottle with pinched projections, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 5th-6th century AD., the free-blown rounded body tapering to a short cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with a series of pinched projections, the base indented, the surface is covered with a thick layer of encrustation, the lip restored, 5.3cm. high Provenance Mr. Lottmann, Paris, France; acquired from the French art market 1960s-1970s Literature Compare Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (Yale, 1980), p.127, no.341
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A Roman bottle with pinched projections, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 5th-6th century AD., the free-blown rounded body tapering to a short cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with a series of pinched projections, the base indented, the surface is covered with a thick layer of encrustation, the lip restored, 5.3cm. high Provenance Mr. Lottmann, Paris, France; acquired from the French art market 1960s-1970s Literature Compare Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (Yale, 1980), p.127, no.341
Please refer to department for condition report