RG048
Roman molded light green glass “Grapes” flask with long neck.
3rd- 4th century AD.
H. 13.35 cm (5 ¼ in.)
Restored hole at body. Fine silvery iridescence.
$ 2,800.
The body blown into two parts mold with grapes design, on base ring, with long neck over a wide folded shoulder and everted folded rim.
Cf. (In brownish color) Whitehouse, D., New York, 2001, p. 126, no. 631.
Stern, E. M., Toledo, Ohio, 1995, Cat. No. 122, p. 192.
Kunina, N., , St. Petersburg,1997, Cat. No. 151, p. 281 - [apart from rim]
Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. II, New York, 2001
Stern, E. M., Roman Mold-blown Glass. The First Through Sixth Centuries, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1995
Kunina, N., Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, St. Petersburg, ARS Publishing House, 1997
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