AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GLASS DISH
Catalog:Glass:Roman: stock #1332520
c. 4th-5th Century CE
This shallow dish was free blown in pale green glass and sits on an applied ring base. The rim is everted with a slight ridge below.
Found in Jerusalem.
In very good condition with iridescence present.
Diameter: 24.13 cm (9.5 inches); Height: 3.81 cm (1.5 inches)
Custom Display Stand, Worldwide Shipping and Certificate of Authenticity Included in Price.
Export Approval No. 531020 from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Bibliography:
Whitehouse, David, “Roman glass in the Corning Museum of Glass: Vol. 1†(Corning, NY: 1997), pg. 70-71.
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“Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels or gold.†(Job 28:17)
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