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Description
Description
An aubergine-toned Roman glass bottle with a tall cylindrical body rising from a slightly concave base, the gently sloping shoulder extending to a funnel-shaped neck surmounted by a pronounced horizontal collar and thick, rounded rim.
The surface displays areas of attractive iridescence and weathering consistent with long-term burial. An intact example of a utilitarian yet finely proportioned Late Roman vessel.
Height: 115 mm.
Period and Time
Period and Time
Late Roman Period, circa AD 300–500. Vessels of this type were widely produced across the eastern Mediterranean following the widespread adoption of free-blowing techniques, and are characteristic of domestic and small-scale storage containers used throughout the provinces of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity.
Material
Material
Free-blown translucent glass, now weathered to an aubergine tone with silvery and polychrome iridescence resulting from burial conditions over many centuries.
Provenance
Provenance
Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection formed in the 1980s–1990s.
