Roman / Byzantine, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A sweet and petite hand-blown, pale green glass tripod vessel presenting a near spherical body adorned by three equidistantly placed, tightly spiraled trail decorations, leading to a cylindrical neck that gently flares to a folded rim - all supported by three feet. Size: 2.125" in diameter x 2.75" H (5.4 cm x 7 cm)

The following is a wonderful quote speaking of the mesmerizing process of creating hand blown glass during ancient times, "The workman having quarried it, brought the glass and put in the fire the mass hard as iron, and the glass, set afire by the all-devouring flames, ran out melted like wax. And to men it was a marvel to see a trail flowing from the fire, and the workman trembling lest it should fall and break; and on the points of the double forceps he put the lump." (Anth. Pal. XVI.323 - Loeb translation by W.R. Paton (1979), vol. 5, p. 353 from "Solid Liquid" catalogue, Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1999, p. 19.)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000

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Areas of earthen encrustation. Broken pontil on the base. Slight abrasions to the protruding decorations and feet.