Roman Marbled Cobalt Blue Glass Flask

Culture: Roman

Period: 1st century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 6.3 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 3674

Provenance: From an old New York private collection. Thence in the estate of the dissolved gallery Fortuna Fine Arts.

Condition: Intact

Description: Perfume flask of cobalt blue glass with a bulbous corpus, a long, towards the top tapering neck and an outwards pulled thickened rim. The base is flat and slightly concave. Several curved white glass threads run through the base, body and neck which lend a marbled impression and special shine to the flask. See for the type Christie’s London auction of 6 July 2016, lot 212.