Inv. n°: MMoCA250

Roman Pale Green Glass Sprinkler Flask

Mould-blown glass sprinkler vase, pear-shaped body with honeycomb pattern, cylindrical neck constricted at base opening out into flaring rim, the base concave, with opalescent irridescence. Eastern Mediterranean.

h. 7 cm

3rd-4th century AD

Glass

Provenance

  • Galerie Palais Starhemberg, Vienna, December 1979
  • Collection of Trudi Plesch O.B.E and Prof. Peter H. Plesch, Staffordshire, 1979-2009, (AGv 7F)
  • Acquired at Christie's, Sale 5951, London, 28th April 2009, lot 22

Publications

  • Christie's London, Antiquities Including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, 28th April 2009, pp. 10-11, lot 22

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