Roman glass pine-cone vase, ex. Plesch collection

R110

£420.00

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A pale green mould-blown glass vase in the shape of a pine-cone.

Culture
Roman, 2nd or 3rd Century AD

Size
9.9 x 5.6 cms

Condition
A small neat repair to the edge of the rim, the surface has extensive silver and multicoloured iridescence

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Dorset, UK; acquired from Woolley Wallis Auctions. Formerly in the Traudi and Peter Plesch collection, acquired in Rome in August 1965. Plesch collection label under the base with inventory code “Agm 10F”. The label inscription has been smudged due to water exposure since photography but remains attached.

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