SidG011
Sidonian mold blown light amber glass “Date Flask”.
Early Roman period: 1st-2nd century AD
H. 5.35 cm. (2 1/8 in.)
Repaired with restoration. Rich patina.
$1,400.
The body blown into two parts mold, modeled in the form of the date fruit, with squatted body, horizontal shoulder, short and narrow cylindrical neck. This specific shape of date flask is uncommon.
Provenance: Bellon Collection, France, 19th century.
For different types of date flasks see:
Cf. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1995, Cat. Nos. 84-107, pp. 172-177.
For a similar type see:
Robert Steven Bianchi (ed.), Borowski collection, Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2002, p. 97 fig. V-55.
Stern, E. M., Roman Mold-blown Glass. The First Through Sixth Centuries, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1995.
Robert Steven Bianchi (ed.), Birgit Schlick-Nolte, G. Max Bernheimer, Dan Baraq, Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection, Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2002.
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