Roman Glass Vessel
06 August 2018
Description
Have a card that says excavated from Syrian site and dates from 1st to 4th century A.D.
Provenance
Came from N.Y. The card says Aladdin House Ltd. 520 Fifth Avenue
Acquired from
Inherited
Inherited
For sale
Maybe
Maybe
Answered within
about 21 hours
By George
Aug 07, 13:35 UTC
Dear Karen,
please add more and detailed images of the vessel. Thank you.
With best regards,
Georg
Karen grimm
Aug 07, 14:44 UTC
Thank you so much for the estimate and information.
George
Aug 07, 14:46 UTC
You are very welcome!
Dear Karen,
Thank you for your request and the additional images. This is a glass vessel used as an unguentarium or balsamarium. These glass bottles were used in the time of the Roman Empire to store oils and cremes for the personal hygiene. Syria and the Levante coast was a center for producing this oils and also for the storage producing this glass bottles. One specialty was an iridescent glaze on the glass. Most of this bottles date from the 1st to the 4st century.
An estimation would be from 100 to 200 USD.
This estimation is based on actual recent past recorded auction sales of comparables. Retail "asking prices" can be higher and vary.
With best regards,
Georg