Lot 150 , A good Roman olive green glass ewer or pitcher, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd/4th century AD, 32cm high

A good Roman olive green glass ewer or pitcher, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd/4th century AD, the ovoid body with cylindrical neck and pinched collar, a wide collar mouth, and a ribbed angular handle with tall thumb-rest, set on a pinched petal lobed foot, weathered iridescence, 32cm high
Estimate £5,000-8,000

Purchased from Gawain McKinley.
cf. a similar form of ewer sold by Bonhams, London, Antiquities sale, lot 68.

Andrew Rudebeck collection. Andrew Redebeck is best known as a collector and academic for medieval stained glass but also bought Roman to 18th century glass from auction and specialist dealers. The pitcher was purchased from Gawain McKinley over 20 years ago.

Condition - short crack to shoulder but the ewer is completely intact, flaking iridescence.


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Sold for £4,800