Ancient Roman glass flask, 100 - 300 AD
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1490282
A very nice lot of stringed glass bead and bird-amulets etc. also in coloured glass, including a perfect condition, Roman miniature glass jug with handle and openwork design, c. 1st.-4th. century AD.

Size: c. 40 cm. of beads and amulets in a single row, the jug is c. 21-22 mm. tall.

Ex. German Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Prehistorical item #1486623 (stock #a.3)
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Glass jug with a high handle on one side.

(cf. S.A. Huk, Corning, Vol. VII 1965, p.26)

Origin: Roman - Syrian

Period: 1st - 2nd century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimension: 9,0 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1483747
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.

Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1483746
A massive high quality unguentaria made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.

Size: c. 15 cm. tall and 7,7 cm. in diameter of the base.

Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1483745
A lovely coloured Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.

Size: c. 96 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1483744
A scarce and beautiful Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle with cylindrical ribbed corpus and wide mouth.

Size: c. 110 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1483181
Free blown light green glass amphoriskos showing a tall cylindrical neck decorated with spiral trails.
Two rod handles applied to the edge of the shoulder.
The flared mouth with inward folded rim. The slightly concave base with a pontil scar.
Glass
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
H. 6 cm (2.4 in)
Intact with layers of silvery iridescence.
Swiss private collection Edgar A. Mills, prior to 1956...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1481702
Pear-shaped flask decorated with concentric circles and cross-hatched diamonds on the body.
The tubular neck with folded rim was applied separately. Slightly pushed-in base with traces of a pontil mark.
Glass of dull amber in color with patches of iridescence.
Glass
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
H. 13 cm (5.1 in)
Intact...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1477033
Amber colored glass jug with flared rim folded over on the sides and tooled into a trefoil shape.
The cylindrical neck widening towards the bulbous body with round bottom.
The rod handle applied as a pad to the edge of shoulder, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned down and in, and trailed onto back of rim.
Translucent amber glass, handle slightly darker.
Glass, blown
Roman, 2nd-3rd century AD
H. 10 cm
Intact and fine...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467404
Scarce and attractive ancient glass vase with funnel mouth, Roman 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The flask in blue-green glass with nice silverish patination.

Height: Near 10 cm.

Condition: Superb. Strong with good walls.

Provenance: Old Private Collection and aquired before 1990 in the German antiques market.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467360
Attractive and rare type of glass vase, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.

The flask in almost clear glass with beautiful thin irridescence!

Size: 12,2 cm.

Condition: Very fine and intact, some fragments reassembled nicely, but intact, nothing missing.

Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467359
Attractive and rare type of biconical vessel / vase with rim slightly outward, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.

The vase with beautiful irridescence!

Size: 12,2 cm.

Condition: Superb. Perfectly preserved.

Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1464728
A very rare and attractive glass flask or vase, decorated with sea animals, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The flask with fine decorative impressions of sea animals - an octopus and a wonderfully detailed firsh on the surface. The neck is straight and undecorated and with a flat ring as a lip atop. Light blue-green glass.

Size: 11,2 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for type - a hairline repair where the neck meets the body.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1464033
Small blown glass bowl with steep wall and folded-in rim. Standing on a raised base with small pontil mark. Translucent glass with yellow-gold weathering all over.
Old tag on the wall, presumably from an auction house.
Glass
Roman, 2nd-4th century AD
H. 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
D. 6.4 cm (2.5 in)
Intact and fine. Pitting and iridescent weathering. Slightly askew.
Old US private collection, thence US art market...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1443926
Rare bag-shaped glass vessel with a rod handle arching over the flared rim. The shoulder decorated with spiral trails. The concave base with a pontil scar.
Semi-transparent light green glass with layers of silvery iridescence.
Glass
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
H. 6.6 cm (2.6 in)
Intact and fine. Rare shape.
Swiss private collection Edgar A. Mills, prior to 1956...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1443876
Translucent, pale green glass with seven vertical ribs along the piriform body.
Small constriction at the join to the cylindrical neck. The flared mouth with inward folded rim. Standing on a rounded base.
The surface with areas of silvery iridescence.
Similar bottles are commonly found in Roman Period funerary contexts and sometimes referred to as lacrimaria – tear containers.
Other denominations like unguentaria (oil container) or balsamaria (balsam container) ref...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1397982 (stock #ROME-001)
JJ Oriental
$695.00
A nicely shaped glass ewer from ancient Rome. The piece was made with sheets of molten glass placed one on top of each other. This process was used at an early period in Rome. Age: First century. Bought at antique shop on Ponte Vecchio in Florence Italy 25 years ago. Size: H. 10.5cm W. 9cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1376646
Senatus Consulto
$425.00
Reduced, was 495.00
A substantial and impressive glass bottle, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.

The bottle in dark green glass with a globular body, long neck and folded round lip. The piece with an exceptional thick silver irridescence!

Size: ca. 13,2. cm. tall.

Conditionm: Superb.

Ex. German Private Collection, with auction provenance.