ROMAN COBALT BLUE ACETABULUM of A Private Dutch Collection of Roman Glass
ROMAN COBALT BLUE ACETABULUM
Date: 1st Century AD (Isings form 69a), Italy
Size: H = 5.8 cm, D = 8.5cm (rim)
Condition: Intact
Description: Cobalt blue hemispherical cup . Rim __with rounded lip, at bottom of the rim a folded tubular flange. Wall curves in at top, base disc-shaped formed by tooling.
Provenance: Frides Lameris Amsterdam NL
Exhibited: Thermenmuseum Heerlen (NL), ‘Roman Glass from private collections’, 29 April – 28 August 2011, exp. no. 13;
Museum Honig Breethuis (NL) ’Fascinating luxury of Antiquity’, 12 November 2011– 30 January 2012 , exp no. 7
Published: ‘Romeins Glas uit particulier bezit’ (2011)
De Oude Flesch (2011)
Ref: The Allaire collection (61R); Joop van der Groen (Roman acetabulum)