Culture: Eastern Mediterranean.

Date: 3rd - 4th Century A.D.

Material: Olive-green glass.

Condition: Intact, superb, excessive iridescence.

Provenance: Ex: American private collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Measurements: 4.1 inches high (10 cms).

The cylindrical neck constricted at the base, flaring at the top with inward-folded lip. The globular body with diagonal ribbing.

Cf: No. 46, Kofler-Truniger collection, Musee Curtis, 1958, Liege, no. 87; Lucerne no. 495, pp. 178-179; ROM no. 282, p. 78.

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