Large Single-Handled Glass Urn

Culture: Roman

Period: 50-150 A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 16.7 cm high; 14.1 cm in diameter

Price: 2 400 Euro

Ref: 3636

Provenance: Private collection Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria. Acquired on 28 March 1989 from Gerhard Herinek in Vienna. With the original certificate.

Condition: Except for quite heavy encrustation on one side, intact.

Description: Exceptionally large, single-handled flask of almost completely discoloured glass, which probably served as an ash urn. The massive body is cylindrical and stands on a slightly concave base. The shoulder curves semi-circularly outwards and runs horizontally to the short neck. The large, far protruding spout has an inwards closed rim edge. The broad band handle is separately worked out and is affixed below the rim and on the shoulder. The lower end runs in 14 ribs. This monumental glass flasks were particularly used as urns. See the glass urn in the Allaire Collection with the number AJAM 062, as well as M. C. Calvi “Die roemischen Glaeser. Museum von Aquileia”, plate 14.