Bidspirit auction | Roman Glass Vessel with Blue

Roman Glass Vessel with Blue Trail - 4th century AD An aqua glass flask with globular body, pontil base, slender neck with dark blue applied trail to the upper end, rounded rim. 55 grams, 18cm (7”). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance From a private Belgian collection; previously part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 698 for type.