Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous jar, free blown from translucent, blue-green glass to boast an elegant silhouette with an apple-form body, a wide, sloped shoulder, a flared neck, and a conical rim, all sitting upon a concave base. Lustrous areas of silver and rainbow iridescence adorn the surface, creating an opulent marbled effect that imbues it with a sumptuous presentation evocative of the ancient Roman Empire! Size: 2.7" Diameter x 3.5" H (6.9 cm x 8.9 cm)

Ancient glass manufacture had begun in the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greeks and Phoenicians advanced glass technology greatly in the latter 1st millennium BC. In the early 1st century AD, Roman workshops began producing blown glass on a large scale. Eventually glass vessels came to replace a wide variety of pottery and metal wares in the ancient world. Ancient Roman glass was traded far beyond the Roman Empire. Roman glass vessels have been found in Scandinavia, India, and in Han Dynasty tombs in China.

Provenance: ex-private Virginia, USA collection, before 2000

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#170172

Intact and excellent with beautiful iridescence and weathering film to interior. Pontil mark on underside of base. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.