Roman, 1st century A.D.

Glass

H: 23.5 cm (9.2 in)

Serial: 35543

This elegant container for perfumed oil was free blown into a long narrow neck with a globular swelling in the middle. The tapered end was blown into a rounded rim that first turned outward, then folded in. The combination of white opaque bands on the opaque blue matrix composes a mosaic design intended to imitate veined or color-banded stones. 

PROVENANCE

Christie’s, New York, 9 December 1995, lot 475;