TWIN-LOOPED HANDLE BOTTLE

TWIN-LOOPED HANDLE BOTTLE of  Hans van Rossum

TWIN-LOOPED HANDLE BOTTLE from Egypt, Karanis

4th century AD | Egypt, Karanis

Size↑14.5 cm | ø 6.6 cm | Weight 96 g

Technique: Free blown, handles applied; tooled

Description: Transparent yellowish brown glass, ovoid body, cylindrical neck, folded and flattened rim. Twin-looped handles, first handle applied on the shoulder, drawn up and attached to the middle of the neck, second part pressed together with the upper horizontal part of the first handle, drawn up and attached to edge of rim. Folded disk-shaped foot with pontil mark.

Condition: Intact and clear, perfect condition

Provenance: Collection C.A. Hessing, Laren (NL) 1998, formed in the 1990s, collection number 17
London art market, Sheppard & Cooper Ltd. 1994

Exhibited: Thermenmuseum Heerlen (NL), Romeins Glas, geleend uit particulier bezit, no. 86
29 April – 28 August 2011

Reference: Sotheby’s New York, auction 14 June 2000 lot 175 for a related example with triple- looped handles
Arte Primitivo, auction 28 June 2004 lot 215
Musées d’Art et d’Histoire, Ville de Geneve inv. no. 019019
Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts,
Y. Israeli no. 352, different neck
Archaeological Center Tel Aviv, auction 54, 27 March 2013 lot 276 for an example with triple-looped handles