Roman Blown glass Tear Shaped Bottle with Cut Banding

An Eastern Imperial Roman free blown clear glass tear shaped bottle with a tubular neck and inverted rolled rim. There is engraved wheel cut banding over the entire vessel. Intact, with pearlescent iridescent patina.

3d - 4th Century AD

Height: 18.7 cm. (7 3/8 in.)

Width: 8 cm. (3 1/8 in.)

#9644

Ex: private Near Eastern collection of Mnsr. Z.H. (d. 2015), by descent from his father (d. 1955). Property of Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, acquired in New York from Mnsr. Z.H. 1992.

Exhibited: BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020)

Comparandum:Kunina, Nina ; Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection (St. Petersburg, 1997) no.213