Roman Glass Flask in Form of a Bird

Culture: Roman

Period: 1st century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 10.8 cm high

Price: 1 200 Euro

Ref: 3707

Provenance: Austrian private collection Prof. Josef Mairitsch (1938-1994) with the inventory number 24 from Giese. Acquired between 1960 and the early 1980s. Thence in the family estate. With an old collection note.

Condition: With splendidly shimmering iridescence, intact.

Description: Roman flask of bluish-green clear glass with splendid iridescence. The flask with a long, upwards tapering neck and horizontally protruding, outwards pulled rim. The body zoomorphic in form of a stylized bird. Striking is that the tail does not protrude straight like with most of the Roman bird-shaped flasks but is rolled upwards. In the enclosed old collection note the glass is therefore also described as “in form of a boot”.