Inv. n°: MMoCA249

Roman Amber Blown-Glass Jar

Globular body with shallow pinched vertical ribs, base indented, the rim flared, five applied trail handles attached to rim and shoulder, with opalescent irridescence.

h. 5.6 cm

4th-5th century AD

Glass

Provenance

  • Acquired from Dr. Leo Mildenburg, Zurich, 1977-12
  • Collection of Trudi Plesch O.B.E and Prof. Peter H. Plesch, Staffordshire, Invalid date, (Agv 5h)
  • Acquired at Christie's, sale 5951, 9th April 2009

Publications

  • M. Eiland, "Materials and Manufacture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 176, fig. 46
  • Christie's London, Antiquities Including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, 28th April 2009, pp. 10-11, lot 21

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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