Roman Glass Double Kohl Tube

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Roman Glass Double Kohl Tube
CULTURE / REGION OF ORIGIN: Roman Empire; Syro-Paestine
DATE: 4th – 5th Century CE
DIMENSIONS: 11.5 cm (4.5 in.) from base to rim; 17.5 cm (6.8 in.) total height including handle.

DESCRIPTION: Intact. A Roman double kohl tube of transparent pale green glass. The vessel formed by compressing an elongated bubble so that the sides touch lengthwise. One tube is slightly taller than the other. The rim is folded inward. One continuous thread of glass of the same color runs from just below the rim nearly to the base. Seven revolutions of this thread survive, as does the small blob of glass just above the base where the thread ends. The large thick handle, basically an inverted “U” shape, is in a slightly darker shade of green, and is attached at the rim. There is a very small stress fracture where one side of the handle meets the rim, and a possible small chip dating from antiquity on the base.

PROVENANCE: Formerly in a Welsh private collection formed between the 1970s and 2008.

PUBLISHED: Bonhams, London, ANTIQUITIES, 29 April, 2009, Lot #302, listed and illustrated on Page 174.

COMPARISONS: E. Marianne Stern, Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700 CE, Ernesto Wolf Collection, 2001, Cat. No. 179, for a related example. Also, Ancient Glass from the Holy Land, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco & Israel Antiquities Authority, 1998, p.30 for several variations on the type.

Item #CA-09-143

Price $900.00