Inv. n°: MMoCA351

Roman Glass Bottle

Free-blown, with a spherical body and slightly tapering cylindrical neck, the rim flaring, on a flat base with traces of horizontal wheel-cutting.

h. 13.7 cm

1st century AD

Glass

Provenance

  • Ex collectio of Stephen Shalom, New York, 1940s-1950s
  • With Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1st January 2002
  • Christie's Antiquities Sale, New York, 11th June 2003, lot 157
  • Acquired at Christie’s, Sale 2174, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 76

Publications

  • Fortuna Fine Arts, 'Glasses of Antiquity', 2002, no. 52
  • Christie's, Antiquities Sale, New York, 11th June 2003, lot 157
  • Christie's, Sale 2174, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 76
  • M. Eiland, "Materials and Manufacture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 170, fig. 27

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • On n'a rien inventé! Produits, Commerce et Gastronomie dans l'antiquite Romaine, Musées de Marseille, Marseille, France, 15th August 2019 — 24th November 2019

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