LARGE ROMAN PERFUME BOTTLE
EUROPE OR NEAR EAST, 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Auction: 8 June 2022 at 14:00 BST
£4,250
Description
blown glass from a three part mould, of sky blue colour, standing on an applied foot ring, the ovoid body with fine diagonal ribbing, the long neck with thin trailed glass running up its length and terminating in a ribbed neck, four large arched handles run from the shoulder to the midsection of the neck and a further four miniature looped handles run from the upper neck to the rim
Dimensions
19.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
The J.L. Collection of Ancient Glass, formed early 1970s - 2019
Note:
For a similar example, please see: The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4th June 1979, lot 211.