Glass jar

Rim everted, with rounded lip made by folding in and down; base plain, slightly concave. Wall and rim are decorated with spirally wound, marvered red and white trails

Period

Islamic period, 5th century A.D.

Dimension

H. 118.87 cm ( in)

Galerie Heidi Vollmöller, 12 April 1986, 5834
Private collection, Switherland, acquired from the above

Italia: arte e scienza nello sport : Seoul 1988, 121, 4 (104)
“Le verre antique. Dans l’intimité des collectionneurs”, in: ArtPassion, no. 9, Geneva 2007, 56

David Whitehouse,
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 2, 2001, 212 no. 777 (see also parallels included)

Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection, Corning, New York: The Corning Museum of Glass, 1957, 211-213 no. 423

Verres antiques de la collection Ray Winfield Smith, Mariemont: Musée de Marimont, 1954, 30 no. 142

Seoul, National Museum of Korea, Italia, Arte e Scienza nello Sport, 1988