Bottle; Rome, 1st-2nd century AD Glass. It has a small stable hole in one of the knobs.
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Bottle; Rome, 1st-2nd century AD
Glass.
It has a small stable hole in one of the knobs.
Measurements: 13 x 6 cm.
Roman glass bottle in the shape of a bunch of grapes. It has an unfolded tubular rim, facing downwards; cylindrical neck with a slight horizontal indentation carved around the base; pushed shoulder, with a protruding roll; ovoid body; low cylindrical base, with a concave bottom. Body blown in a three-part mould of two vertical sections, extending from the base to the top of the body, and a disc-shaped base section. On the body, a pattern of stylised grapes with interlacing rows of hemispherical buttons, and at the top two indistinct leaves opposite each other, centred between the mould seams; at the bottom, three narrow raised concentric circles. A similar piece is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York. Accession number: 17.194.252
Glass.
It has a small stable hole in one of the knobs.
Measurements: 13 x 6 cm.
Roman glass bottle in the shape of a bunch of grapes. It has an unfolded tubular rim, facing downwards; cylindrical neck with a slight horizontal indentation carved around the base; pushed shoulder, with a protruding roll; ovoid body; low cylindrical base, with a concave bottom. Body blown in a three-part mould of two vertical sections, extending from the base to the top of the body, and a disc-shaped base section. On the body, a pattern of stylised grapes with interlacing rows of hemispherical buttons, and at the top two indistinct leaves opposite each other, centred between the mould seams; at the bottom, three narrow raised concentric circles. A similar piece is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York. Accession number: 17.194.252
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Bottle; Rome, 1st-2nd century AD Glass. It has a small stable hole in one of the knobs.
Estimate €2,400 - €2,800
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