Rare Indented Roman Glass Flask with Cut Decoration and Funnel-Shaped Estuary

Culture: Roman

Period: early 4th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 17.7 cm high

Price: 1 400 Euro

Ref: 3630

Provenance: Private collection Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria. Acquired on 16 June 1989 from Gerhard Herinek in Vienna. With the original certificate.

Condition: Unrestored and intact. A hardly visible, stable stress crack on the rim.

Description: Large glass flask on a concave base with a conical corpus and funnel-shaped estuary. At the bottom on the body are seven encircling indentations, with three encircling incised lines twice above them. The rim is rounded. Similarly large, conical flasks with estuary are known from Palestine, see for example “Römisches, byzantinisches und frühmittelalterliches Glas – Sammlung Ernesto Wolf”, Hatje Cantz 2001, number 106. The combination of indentations and incised lines underline the rarity of this glass.