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4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (26.8 grams, 87 mm high)
DESCRIPTION:
In yellow-greenish translucent glass, globular body with flaring funnel neck, dimpled base.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Svobodová, H., 'Byzantine, Sassanian and Islamic glass in the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the National Museum in Prague,' in Studia Hercynia XVIII/1-2, Pragae, 2014, pp.58-64, pl.27,1, for identical type.
FOOTNOTES:
The type was popular in the late Roman period, especially in the east. Its characteristic trait is an oval body, convex base and a neck with
a funnel-like upper part.
