A Byzantine pale blue-green glass stemmed goblet Circa 5th-6th Century A.D. 9.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 April 1998, lot 173. with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg (Kunst der Antike, Katalogue 13, 2000, p. 24, no. 188). Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection, the Netherlands, acquired from the above on 19 January 2000. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection of Ancient Glass, Part II; Bonhams, London, 6 July 2023, lot 235. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. Exhibited: Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, 29 April - 28 August 2011, exhibition no. 61. This goblet is a rare example of the type, which belongs to the wider group of Byzantine vessels which are decorated with turquoise trailing. For the form see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 74.51.241, and 29.100.85 for trailing on a footed goblet. Also cf. a bowl on a short foot with zigzag trail in Corning (D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 2, 2001, pp. 140-141, pl. 649). Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing