Greek Hellenistic Glass Mastos Bowl (Woman's Breast)

Greek, late Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A gorgeous mold-formed bowl of a conical form, known as a "mastos" as it resembles a woman's breast. The bowl is formed from translucent yellow-green glass and boasts a rounded base and tall walls which flare outward toward a smooth rim. A trio of thick wheel-cut striations adorn the exterior of the body, and a singular striation courses around the rim interior. Brilliant rainbow-hued iridescence covers most surfaces and nicely accentuates the vessel's vivid spring hues. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 5.75" Diameter x 3.8" H (14.6 cm x 9.7 cm).

For a stylistically-similar example of a different color, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 81.10.243: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245395

For another stylistically-similar example, please see: Stern, E. Marianne and Birgit Schlick-Nolte. "Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C. -A.D. 50: The Ernesto Wolf Collection." Ostfildern, Germany, 1994, pp. 286-287, fig. 80.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Martin Wunsch collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s

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Condition Report: Minor abrasions to base and walls, with light micro-bubbling within glass matrix, and some weathering film, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits as well as fine rainbow iridescence throughout.