Roman
A Roman aubergine and white 'marbled' glass bottle, Eastern Mediterranean, circa 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 10.2 cm
The early Imperial blown glass bottle of globular form with a long tapered tubular neck and flared rim. With a pearlescent patina. Condition Intact. There is minor surface wear and...
The early Imperial blown glass bottle of globular form with a long tapered tubular neck and flared rim. With a pearlescent patina.
Condition
Intact. There is minor surface wear and weathering leaving some iridescence.
Condition
Intact. There is minor surface wear and weathering leaving some iridescence.
Provenance
With Antiquarium Limited, New York, 2001Literature
Such vessels would have been used for expensive perfumed oils and the narrow neck served to protect the previous liquid from the air, and from spilling. For the form see S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, 1980, 27, no. 71.12
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