Roman Perfume Flask of Cobalt Blue Glass

Culture: Roman

Period: 3rd century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 11 cm high

Price: 2 200

Ref: 3622

Provenance: Private collection Arieh Klein, Jerusalem, Israel. Thence in the Israeli art market.

Condition: Intact

Description: Rare fusiform cobalt glass with an intensive dark blue color. The perfume flask with a far protruding, uneven rim, which is slightly folded inwards. The neck is long and cylindrical. The biconical corpus with six elegant indentations. The base is cone-shaped and rounded. The spindle-shaped flask belongs to the so-called compact type.