Bidspirit auction | TALL BYZANTINE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE


TALL BYZANTINE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE - Ca. AD 400 - 600. A glass bottle with pale yellow hues and a polygonal body, likely mould-blown. It has a short tubular neck, a thick flattened rim, and thin strap handles applied from the shoulder to the rim on one side.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 61.247.Size: 170mm x 80mm; Weight: 140gProvenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. collection of Rabbi Herbert Friedman, NYC, collected in the 1960s In Israel, to family by decent.