Database on glass-ceramics (V CENT. B.C - -XI C. A.D. )

ROMAN GLASS JUG I CENTURY A.D. SYRIA (SIDON ?) Amethyst colored glass. Ovoid body with cylindrical neck, spreading rim folded on top and beveled along inner edge. Neck free blown, body blown in two-part mold.Handle with loop-shaped protuberance over rim. Relief frieze of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by friezes of flutes. Iridescence and surface pitting. Lower body professionally mended from original pieces only. Comes with custom made stand. H 2.6"(6.8 cm). Parallels: Stern E.M.. The Toledo Museum of Art: Roman Mold-blown Glass. 1995, cat. 55; , cat. #140; Axel von Saldern. Gläser der Antike, Samlung Erwin Oppenländer exh. cat. 1974, 144, ill. 147, no. 412; Kunina N. Siriyskiye vydutie v forme steklyanie sosudi iz nekropolya Pantikapea. 1973, Leningrad, 117-122.

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