Pale blue Roman glass carafe with rounded body, the glass pinched out around the body to form eight vertical ribs with knobs. The flat base slightly incurved. The tall tubular neck fairly flaring to a plain rim.
Free-blown blue-green glass.
H. 11.1 cm (4.4 in), D. 8.1 cm (3.2 in).
Roman, 3rd/4th century AD.
Intact with much iridescence. Superb quality and condition.
German art market
Roman sprinkler vase (Gutturnium) of spherical body. The glass was blown into a mold with lattice-work type design, the ridge of the mold’s two halves is still discernible. The tall neck with the flared rim was applied separately.
Mold-blown, pale green glass.
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd/4th century AD.
H. 7.8 cm (3 in), D. 6 cm (2.3 in).
Intact. Some sinter and soil deposits.
German art market.
Roman beaker with straight wall and faintly flared rim. The lower body tapered to a flat, slightly incurved base.
Decorated with four wheel-cut rills around the body, another rill just below the rim.
Free-blown pale green, almost white glass.
Roman, 2nd/3rd century AD.
H. 7 cm (2.75 in), D. 7.4 cm (2.9 in).
Intact, completely cleaned. Excellent condition.
German art market.