Culture: Syrian coastline. Date: 3rd - 4th Century A.D. Material: Glass. Condition: Intact, excellent with excessive iridescence. Provenance: Ex: American private collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Measurements: 3.4 inches high (8.7 cms). Of pale green glass, body with moulded lattice-design, the cylindrical neck flaring to a wide rounded rim that is folded out then back in. Cf: No. 45, Kofler-Truniger collection, Nahman collection, 1953, no. 159, Musee Curtius, 1958, Liege no. 83, Luzern 302. Our vast inventory of ancient art includes one of the finest and most comprehensive ancient glass collections ever assembled; it includes nearly every variety of pre-Roman, Roman, and Eastern Mediterranean ancient glass. If you have any specific inquiries, please let us know.

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