Bidspirit Auktion | ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE WITH HANDLE

ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE WITH HANDLE - Ca. 1st-2nd Century AD.A Roman glass bottle of a light yellow-green colour with warm orange encrustation. The vessel has a tubular rim and short, cylindrical neck that widens into a bulbous body and tapers into a pushed-in bottom. It has an elaborate handle applied at the shoulder and drawn up to the rim which features a folded rigaree type thumb rest. Size: 100mm x 75mm; Weight: 65g Provenance: Ex. Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, NJ., Dr. Arnold Saslow. Acquired at a London auction, 1979-1980.