A ROMAN GREEN GLASS HEAD FLASK
AN EARLY CHRISTIAN AMBER GLASS HEXAGONAL JAR

CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

Details
AN EARLY CHRISTIAN AMBER GLASS HEXAGONAL JAR
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities; Sotheby's, London, 9-10 July 1984, lot 53.
Collection of M. & Mme Nobili, Paris, purchased from the above.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
F. Slitine, Histoire du Verre, L'Antiquité, Paris, 2005, p. 117.

Each arched panel contains the following: stylized flowers, cross framed in an arch, dotted lozenge, dotted oblong, robed figure(?), scrolling vine tendrils. Bottles, jars and flasks with either Christian or Jewish symbols were produced in Jerusalem, probably as containers for either holy water or oil for returning pilgrims. For examples of these types cf. M. Stern, Roman Mould-blown Glass, Toledo, 1995, pp. 253-269, nos 169-193.

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