Bidspirit auction | ROMAN GLASS FLASK

ROMAN GLASS FLASK - Ca. AD 100 - 300.A lentoid bottle in translucent pale blue-green glass, featuring an uneven, rounded rim and a small, flaring mouth. The cylindrical neck is carefully tooled in around the base, leading to a globular, flattened body. Certain areas of the vessel exhibit a delicate iridescence. For similar see: Lightfoot, Christopher S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, cat. 440.Size: 120mm x 80mm; Weight: 75gProvenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.