ROMAN GLASS BOWL WITH BASKET HANDLE
GLASS BOWL WITH BASKET HANDLE of Hans van Rossum
Date: 4th century AD | Eastern Mediterranean Size: ↑8.3 cm (including handle) | ø 4.7 cm (body) | Weight 50 g
Technique: Free blown, handle applied
Condition: Intact, iridescence
Description: Transparent, thick and turquoise-bluish colored glass; flared body. Rim fire-polished. A heavy coil for the handle, made of dark green glass; applied on rim, drawn up and down, making an arc and attached to opposite side of the rim. Base flattened with no traces of a pontil.
Provenance: Artemis Gallery Ancient Art, USA 31 January 2008 Ex private New York Collection, acquired 1960s; and thence by descent
Exhibited: Thermenmuseum Heerlen (NL), Romeins Glas, geleend uit particulier bezit, exp. no. 263 April 29 – 28 August 2011
Reference: Archaeological Center Tel Aviv, auction 54, 27 March 2013 lot 280 Fascinating Fragility, a Private Collection of Ancient Glass, N. F. Bijnsdorp 2010 no. NFB, 072 Archaeological Center Tel Aviv, auction 30, 15 October 2003 lot 180 Gläser der Antike, Sammlung Oppenländer, A. von Salder & B. Nolte 1974 no. 600 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, accession no. X. 21.214
First time to see this kind of vessel with handle. The color is also nice. Thanks for sharing this piece.
That’s a beauty.