Lot Essay
For a similar example see cat. no. 158 in Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700 CE, Ernesto Wolf Collection.
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CIRCA LATE 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A BYZANTINE GLASS LAMP
Circa Late 4th-5th Century A.D.
Nearly colorless, free-blown, conical in form, the straight rim sloping outward, with three cobalt blue applied dots
7 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high
Circa Late 4th-5th Century A.D.
Nearly colorless, free-blown, conical in form, the straight rim sloping outward, with three cobalt blue applied dots
7 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1960s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 2002 (Glasses of Antiquity, no. 104).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 2002 (Glasses of Antiquity, no. 104).