Roman Glass Oinochoe with Ribbed Corpus

Culture: Roman

Period: 4th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 11.1 cm high

Price: 1 600 Euro

Ref: 3645

Provenance: Private collection Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria. Acquired on 21 November 1994 from Gerhard Herinek in Vienna. Accompanied by the original certificate.

Condition: Intact

Description: Elegantly small jug of greenish, translucent glass with a trefoil spout. The corpus is conical with encircling fine vertical ribs. The base is indented. Very striking is the far protruding handle. It starts at the rear rim of the oinochoe, rises in a semicircle over the rim and reaches to the horizontal shoulder, where it ends in fingers. Around the middle of the handle is a horizontal thumb rest. A beautiful, quite rare form. From Tyrsos.