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Rare Knobbed Glass Storage Jar

Circa 4th-5th Century AD

Description: Attractive, pale-green, mold-blown glass storage jar. The vessel has a broad bulbous body tapered toward the concave foot with a wide sloping shoulder, high wide flaring neck with a folded flange below the rim. The body is covered with mold-blown translucent knobs. Very nice, intact example of this rare form.

Height: 3.6 in. (8.8 cm)

Condition: Intact. Thick iridescence within the vessel of green, gold, white, purple, silver and blue.

Provenance: Formerly in a private English collection assembled starting in the 1960s.

Reference: See John W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in teh Royal Ontarion Museum, no. 327 for the type.

Price: $ 1,800

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