Lot 100
  • 100

An Olive-Green Glass Bottle , circa 3rd/4th Century A.D.

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • An Olive-Green Glass Bottle
  • glass
  • Height 5 3/ 4 in. 14.6 cm.
with low foot and pear-shaped body tapering into a flaring neck, the body decorated with two broad bands of fine encircling threads, two encircling grooves on the neck.

Provenance

Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, 1992

Condition

Good condition; there is a restored chip on the foot ring (visible as the dark spot in the photo), and a faint hairline stress crack on one side of the body; another is possible under the foot.
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