Roman Glass Facet-Cut Dish

Roman · ca. 1st century A.D.

Material

Glass

Dimensions

L: 5.5 cm (2.1 in)

W: 7.6 cm (2.9 in)

H: 1.7 cm (0.66 in)

Reference

3277

Price

POR

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Overview

The blown glass vessels with facet-cut decoration – beakers, plates, jugs, bowls – became popular in the second half of the 1st century A.D.; they are mostly made of the colorless glass. This extremely beautiful aquamarine-colored dish is very rare. The shallow dish has an oval shape. The bottom, sides and the overhanging rim are decorated with round, wheel-cut concave facets. With the translucency of glass and different thickness in the areas, the facets create an intensive light-and-shadow effect.

Condition

Some deposits; rim damaged.

Provenance

Ex- Benzian collection; Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 1994, lot 137.

Bibliography

Rütti B., Die Römischen Gläser aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Augst, 1991, pl. 75, no.1657.