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Imperial Roman Free-Blown Glass Novelty Bottle

an interior partition divides the vessel into two discrete containers.

2nd to 4th Century AD

8.3 x 5 cm (3 1⁄4 x 2 inches)

#4826

Ex: Private European collection, 1980s; thence an American collection, 1993.

Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVII. (London, 2018) p.44

Comparanda: Kunina, Nina ; Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection (St. Petersburg, 1997) p.332, no.397 Auth, Susan ; Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum (Newark, 1976) p.103, no.116 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York acc. no. X.21.206

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