Six Roman green glass vessels 6

Six Roman green glass vessels Circa 4th-5th Century A.D. Comprising an amphoriskos with twin trail handles, the slender ovoid body with vertical ribs, tapering to a rounded base, 15cm high ; a twin-handled jar with broad collar rim, the globular body with ten indentations, 8cm high ; a trefoil-lipped jug, the applied handle folded at the rim to form a thumb-rest, the body with four pronounced dimples, 10cm high ; a trefoil-lipped jug, the compressed spherical body with a fine trail spiralling from the shoulders to the ring base, an applied triple-pinched handle with thumb rest, 9cm high ; a double balsamarium, the conjoined tubular phials with undulating looped trail extending down either side, 10.5cm high ; a pilgrim flask, Roman-Byzantine, the rounded body with two dimpled indentations, the cylindrical neck with a trailed pie-crust pattern above the shoulders, 10cm high (6) Footnotes: Provenance: Amphoriskos: Property from the Collection of Gerd Lester ; Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 390 (part). Jar: Property of Dr Fred Pruslin ; Sotheby's, New York, 12 December 1991, lot 351. Trefoil-lipped jug: with Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, ( A Catalogue of the Collection , vol. 1, 1985, G42). Trefoil-lipped jug: with Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1987. Double balsamarium: Asprey Antiques Ltd., London, 7 May 1997 Pilgrim flask: with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, 29 November 1990. All: Private collection, U.S. For a similar twin-handled jar with indentations in the body see the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, acc. no. 72.1.9. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com