Lot Essay
For a discussion on this technique that combines mosaic glass with the beginnings of free-blowing, cf. D. F. Grose, Early Ancient Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo 1989, pp. 261-2.
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CIRCA FIRST HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN COLOUR-BAND MOSAIC GLASS BOTTLE AND A ROMAN COLOUR-BAND MOSAIC GLASS BOTTLE FRAGMENT
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With piriform body, flat base, cylindrical neck and folded rim, assembled from fused canes of pale blue, dark blue, green and purple glass; and a Roman colour-band mosaic glass fragment, assembled from fused canes of white and yellow glass
3 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) and 2 ¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high respectively
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With piriform body, flat base, cylindrical neck and folded rim, assembled from fused canes of pale blue, dark blue, green and purple glass; and a Roman colour-band mosaic glass fragment, assembled from fused canes of white and yellow glass
3 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) and 2 ¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high respectively
Provenance
Item one: Plesch collection (AFv 7B); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, January 1973.
Item two: Plesch collection ( AGm 6A); acquired prior to October 1990.
Item two: Plesch collection ( AGm 6A); acquired prior to October 1990.
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