A ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE
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Description
Asia Minor, Roman period, presumably 2000 years old. The bottle of blueish-green glass, the belly with four sides turned inwards and surmounted by a long neck set with a wavy band and a lug to one side.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of age and use, minor losses, small repairs, and iridescent weathering along with encrustation.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Weight: 605.5 g
Dimensions: Height 23.4 cm
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