A Roman green glass lidded pyxis

A Roman green glass lidded pyxis
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The cylindrical body with hollow tubular flanges at the top and bottom, with shallow shoulder sloping towards the circular opening, the lid with conical knopped finial, 8.5cm high incl. the lid, 6.2cm max diam.

Provenance:
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 14 February 1992.

For a discussion of an example made in blue glass in The Corning Museum of Glass and other parallels cf. D. B. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 1, Corning, 1997, p. 209, no. 360.