JANIFORM GLASS JUG
Eastern Mediterranean, 4th century AD
Translucent glass flask featuring two opposing heads, topped with rows of tight curls, surmounted by a truncated cone-shaped neck with applied decoration forming a curvilinear handle decorated with two fins. Irisations. Chips on the lip.
Height Height : 9.5 cm
Related work :
Musée du Louvre, Paris, n°MNC 1625
Provenance :
Collection of Mr and Mrs Nobili, Paris, before 1986
Bibliography:
F. Slitine,
Histoire du Verre, L'Antiquité, Paris, 2005, p. 97
An Eastern Mediterranean Janus-head glass jug, 4th century A.D.
Estim. 2,000 - 3,000 EUR