| The Alex G. Malloy Ancient Glass Collection |  |
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| Roman (Rhineland Workshop), 2 Clear Cut Glass Fragments, Late 3rd - Mid 4th Century A.D. |   | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection.
Facet-cut decorative patterns were used primarily on colorless glass vessels. Ancient facet-cuts were usually concave circular, oval or elongated "rice" facets. Interlocking facets can create lozenge shapes or hexagons. The technique was probably invented in Italy in the last quarter of the first century A.D. The earliest facet-cut vessels have facets over the entire surface. Around 250 A.D. it became popular to facet-cut only areas of the vessel. Shallow wheel-abraded facets are were used on some forth century tableware. Around the mid-forth century in Scandinavia, Germany and Mesopotamia distinctive styles developed with thick-walled vessels with deep facets. |
| AA32382. 2 clear wheel-cut bowl fragments, cf. Harden 106v and Constable-Maxwell 120., Choice, 6.3 cm (2 1/2") by 5.4 cm (1 1/8"), band of wheel-cut horizontal lines and two facet-cut rows of rice-shaped facets; second fragment with cross hatch pattern; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman (Probably Italian), 1" Millefiori Mosaic Glass Vessel Fragment, Late 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
The mosaic glass making technique is a painstaking labor intensive process. Long colored glass rods (canes) are arranged and bundled to form the desired cross-section pattern. The rods are fused with heat and pulled to reduce the diameter and shrink the pattern to a smaller scale. The fused and pulled canes of glass are then cut into wafers, each piece bearing the original cross-section pattern in miniature. The wafers are then fused together to form the millefiori (thousand flowers) pattern vessel. |
| AA32383. Fragment of a fine millefiori mosaic glass vessel; cf. Toledo Museum 478, Choice, 2.5 cm (1"), yellow pedaled flowers, with red centers, green background, lovely; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, Millefiori Mosaic Glass Fragment, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AA32406. Millefiori vessel fragment, Choice, 3.8 cm (1 1/2") x 2.5 cm (1"), white petals and yellow over green stems on swirling white and brown-black background; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, Syro-Palestinian, Glass Miniature Juglet Amulet, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection.
"Freestanding zigzag" is a decorative techinque consisting of a freestanding coil, zigzagged between the rim of the vessel and the shoulder forming an open lattice free standing above the vessel's neck. Freestanding zigzag was popular in the Eastern Mediterranean in the early fourth century. In Egypt it was commonly applied on jars and in Palestine it was commonly applied on both jars and kohl tubes.
In the Ernesto Wolf Collection, Marianne Stern argues the distribution of this type of juglets, from the Holy Land to western Europe, indicates they were produced in Palestine as early Christian amulets and taken as relics or souvenirs from holy areas. |
| AA32443. Holyland glass juglet amulet; cf. Corning Museum of Glass III 965; 1.9 cm (3/4"), Superb, blue glass, coil at shoulder and another above the base, open handle, freestanding zigzag forming lattice cage above the body; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Phoenician (Palestinian Workshop) Glass Astarte Votive Figure, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
These votive pieces were made to be ritually broken before offering in the altar of the god or distribution in fields for fertility or under building foundations for good fortune. They are almost always found broken. |
| AA32451. Glass Astarte votive figure, cf. From the Land of the bible, Art and Artifacts #203; 5.4 cm (2 1/8"), dark blue glass, full figure with stamped head, Reconstructed from fragments, $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Stamped Disk Weights, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
(1) bust of a winged Victory or Eros / head of Hercules, cf. Corning III 909 - 913
(2) bust of female right with hand to breast / head of Hercules right?, cf. Corning III 951 (Reverse described as an irregular oval boss but probably just poorly made. Hercules reverse is common to many of these disk weights.) |
| AA32476. 2 stamped disk weight, both flat round clear green glass with relief images, c. 22 mm (5/8") diameter; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Phoenician (Palestinian Workshop) Glass Astarte Votive Head, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
These votive pieces were made to be ritually broken before offering in the altar of the god or distribution in fields for fertility or under building foundations for good fortune. They are almost always found broken. Similar votive figures of the goddess Ishtar, from |
| AA32444. Glass Astarte Votive Head, cf. From the Land of the Bible, Art and Artifacts #203; 1.9 cm (3/4"), dark blue stamped glass Astarte votive head, Choice, $170.00 (€130.90) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Vessel Fragments, 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32432. Roman, 2" glass cup rim fragment pattern of yellow, white, and red-brown bands; also a 1 ¾" marbled fragment, Superb, $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Roman, Syro-Palestinian, Glass Miniature Juglet Amulet, 4th - 5th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. This and a few other ex Haas miniature jug ammulets offered here may be ex Kofler-Truniger lot 204. They appear to be some of the same pieces but it is difficult to be certain from the small black and white catalog photo.
In the Ernesto Wolf Collection, Marianne Stern argues the distribution of this type of juglets, from the Holy Land to western Europe, indicates they were produced in Palestine as early Christian amulets and taken as relics or souvenirs from holy areas. |
| AA32441. Holyland glass juglet amulet, cf. Kofler-Truniger 204; 1.5 cm (5/8"), blue with yellow rim and yellow zigzag trails, missing bottom, rare; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Stamped Disk Weights, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
(1) bust of female right with hand to breast / head of Hercules right?, cf. Corning III 951 (Reverse described as an irregular oval boss but probably just poorly made. Hercules reverse is common to many of these disk weights.)
(2) bust of female / bearded head, hair in ringles |
| AA32475. 2 stamped disk weight; both flat round clear green glass with relief images, c. 22 mm (5/8") diameter, $155.00 (€119.35) |
| Roman, 6 Glass Rod Segments, 1st - 2nd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Glass rods were used as cosmetic applicators, as stirring rods and also as decorative architectural elements. Embeded in plaster, they were used to decorate walls and pillars and to highlight glass wall mosaics. Corning Pre-Roman 791 is a pilaster fragment from Rome which includes a variety of similar rods along with small glass tiles embedded in plaster backed by concrete forming a geometric pattern mosaic. |
| AG32554. 6 rod segments, cf. Corning Pre-Roman 720, average 3.8 cm (1 1/2") long, Choice, larger diameter fragment with twisted opaque white, beige and clear yellow, some iridescence; two opaque white rectangular segments; three others twisted various colors; $155.00 (€119.35) |
| Roman (Rhineland Workshop), 3 Clear Cut Glass Fragments, 2nd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection.
Wheel-cut decorative patterns were used primarily on colorless glass vessels. The wheel cut lines vary in depth, width and length and may be rounded or v-shaped, and the most common form is a series of horizontal lines. The technique has been used since the Hellenistic period. Wheel-incised geometric patterns were especially popular in the fourth century. |
| AA32384. 3 clear faceted bowl shards, Choice, wheel cut lines, in rectangles with cross hatched sectioned, one 4.4 cm (1 3/4") and two 3.8 cm (1 1/2"); $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Roman, 3 Glass Vessel Fragments, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32464. 3 Roman glass fragments, Superb, 4.1 cm (1 5/8") ribbed juglet base, white drawn up lines on black, iridescence in center; 2.5 cm (1") rim section, millefiori discs on a clear green background; 2.5 cm (1") ribbon glass fragment, red, white and black striped; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Islamic, Glass Weight, 9th century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AA32477. Islamic large glass disk weight; 4.1 cm (1 5/8"), clear green, Arabic central stamp and four oval stamps around, Choice, $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass Jar, 5th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AG32597. Ribbed jar; cf. Newark Museum 538; 6.3 cm (2 1/2"), thick brownish glass, globular body with vertical ribs, cylindrical neck, plain fire-rounded rim, near Choice, chips at rim, heavy weathering; $130.00 (€100.10) |
| Roman, Glass Cup Fragment, Mid 1st - 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AG32551. Stemmed cup glass fragment; cf. Corning II 653 ff. for beakers with slightly similar trail designs; 5.0 cm (2") high, Choice, clear green base and shoulder, white trail design of loops arching up from a horizontal line; rare; $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Roman, Glass Bottle Lid, 3rd - 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Many specimens of this form were found at Pompeii. |
| AG32552. "Bottle neck" lid; cf. Isings form 66b; 5.4 cm (2 1/8") high, opaque white with blue streaks, hollow, open slightly conical tubeular handle; conical stopper base below wide rim, base chipped; rare; $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Roman Syro-Palestinian, Glass Stamped Medallion Pendant, c. Mid 4th - Mid 5th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Many of these small glass medallions with stamped motifs and suspension loops, mass produced c. mid 4th to mid 5th century A.D., have been found, from Asia Minor, through the Levante, and as far west as Tunisia. Motifs are based on mythology, magic, and the Old and New Testaments. Colors include amber, blue, green and purple. They were used as pendants and earrings. The same stamps were also used on glass bracelets and on bottles. |
| AA32409. Glass pendant, cf. Corning III 871 (amber); 1.9 cm long, clear blue, facing head of Medusa with snake hair, beautiful iridescence, loop broken, $120.00 (€92.40) |
| Roman, 3 Glass Vessel Fragments, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32462. 3 Roman glass vessel fragments, Superb, 3.2 cm (1 1/4") cylindrical neck fragment, ribbed with white trails on purple-black; 4.1 cm (1 5/8") rim fragment with white bands on brown-black; 3.1 cm (1 1/4") fragment with white bands on blue background; $120.00 (€92.40) |
| Roman, Flask, 3rd to 4th century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Unguentarium were were used to hold unguents, scented oils, cosmetics, pigments, salves, medicines and dried herbs. An ungent is similar to an ointment, spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries, but usually a semi-solid paste and often oily. |
| AD32625. Clear aquamarine-yellow pyriform body flask, cylindrical neck, flaring mouth, 10.1 cm (4"), restoration to rim, $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Vessels, 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AD32636. 2 glass vessels, 5.0 cm (2"), aquamarine, bulbous body unguentarium with top and rim missing; and 7.6 cm (3"), clear yellow, pyriform body, tall cylindrical neck with constriction at base, folded rim; part of side and shoulder missing, iridescent; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Roman, 3 Glass Vessel Fragments, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32463. 3 Roman glass vessel fragments, Superb, 1.2 cm (1/2") diameter and 2.8 cm (1 1/8") long cylindrical neck and shoulder fragment, ribbed with white drawn-up lines on black; 4.1 cm (1 5/8) vessel rim fragment with marbled white and brown bands; 1.9 cm (3/4") white and blue strips on yellow; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Unguentaria, c. 2nd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Unguentarium were were used to hold unguents, scented oils, cosmetics, pigments, salves, medicines and dried herbs. An ungent is similar to an ointment, spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries, but usually a semi-solid paste and often oily. |
| AD32627. Ungeuntarium, 11.4 cm (4 1/2"), Isings Form 82B1; second a partial aquamarine unguentarium, 8.8 cm (3 1/2"), top and rim missing, $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Roman, Glass Vessel and Unguentarium Fragment, 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AD32637. Glass vessel plus unguentarium fragment, Clear yellow vessel with pyriform almost spherical body, 4.9 cm (1 7/8"), neck with constriction at base and slightly widening to mouth; together with clear aquamarine, unguentarium base fragment, 3.8 cm (1 1/2"), highly iridescent; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Roman, Glass Unguentarium, 1st - 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
David Whitehouse, in Roman Glass in the Corning Museum, Volume 1, notes, "The combination of a bulbous body, a rounded base, and a tall neck is difficult to parallel." |
| AD32642. Unguentarium; cf. Corning I 244, Isings -, 8.2 cm (3 1/4"), long neck, folded and flattened rim, small bulbous body with rounded base, complete and intact, scarce; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Roman Syro-Palestinian, Glass Stamped Medallion Pendant, c. Mid 4th - Mid 5th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AA32392. Glass pendant, cf. Corning III 894, 2.4 cm length; pale lime green glass, lion walking left, star and crescent above, loop broken, $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Roman (Probably Italian), 4 Glass Vessel Fragments, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32461. 4 glass fragments; 3.8 cm (1 1/2") fragment ribbed with white streaks on clear yellow-brown, 3 smaller fragments with white streaks on dark brown, Superb, $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Roman, Eastern Mediterranean (Probably Cyprus), Glass Drinking Cup, 2nd - 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Hass collection. |
| AW32585. Drinking cup; cf. Ontario Museum 182 (Cyprus, 2nd - 3rd century), National Museums Scotland 202 (also Cyprus, Lightfoot dates 3rd - 4th Century), probably 3rd century; 7.0 cm (2 3/4"), clear aquamarine with silver-gold iridescence, everted and fire-rounded rim with almost no lip and shallow tooled constriction just below, repaired with part of of one side missing; $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Roman, 2 Incomplete Glass Unguentaria, 1st - 4th century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AD32622. 2 unusual unguentaria, on left, 7.6 cm (3"), clear aquamarine, spherical body, long cylindrical neck, rim chip and crack; on right, 4.7 cm (1 7/8"), blue, piriform body, incomplete - missing neck; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Roman, Glass Unguentarium, 1st - 2nd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Unguentarium were were used to hold unguents, scented oils, cosmetics, pigments, salves, medicines and dried herbs. An ungent is similar to an ointment, spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries, but usually a semi-solid paste and often oily. |
| AD32629. Unguentarium; Isings Form 28b, cf. Corning I 213, 11.4 cm (4 1/2"), clear glass, long pyriform body, long tubular neck, flared rim, flat base, some iridescence, part of rim missing, restoration to base; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Roman, Stamped Glass Disk Weight, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AA32412. Stamped disk weight; cf. Corning III 951; 22 mm (5/8") diameter, flat round disk weight of clear green, relief images of head of Hercules right and bust of female to right with hand to breast?; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Roman, 6 Glass Rod Segments, 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32404. 6 glass bracelet and rod segments, bracelet and rod segments with swirling colors; $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Phoenician (Palestinian Workshop) Glass Astarte Votive Figure Fragment, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
These votive pieces were made to be ritually broken before offering in the altar of the god or distribution in fields for fertility or under building foundations for good fortune. They are almost always found broken. |
| AA32456. Phoenician glass Astarte stamped votive figure; cf. From the Land of the bible, Art and Artifacts #203; 2.8 cm (1 1/8"), dark blue glass, Fragment, missing head, $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Roman, 7 Necklace Segments, 1st to 3rd century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Hass collection. |
| AG32568. 7 necklace segments; length from 2 cm (3/4") to 4.2 cm (1 5/8"), Choice, $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Roman, Syro-Palestinian, 2 Glass Miniature Vessel Amulets, c. 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32439. 2 Roman glass vessel amulets, each about 3/4", one blue, one red-blue juglet, both missing bottom, $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Roman, Glass Unguentaria, 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Hass Collection.
Unguentarium were were used to hold unguents, scented oils, cosmetics, pigments, salves, medicines and dried herbs. An ungent is similar to an ointment, spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries, but usually a semi-solid paste and often oily. |
| AD32638. clear aquamarine elongated unguentarium, 7.6 cm (3"), part of rim missing, with stand, also a clear aquamarine squat bulbous body unguentarium base fragment, 4.4 cm (1 3/4") diameter; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Roman, 3 Glass unguentaria Fragments, 1st - 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Hass Collection.
Unguentarium were were used to hold unguents, scented oils, cosmetics, pigments, salves, medicines and dried herbs. An ungent is similar to an ointment, spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries, but usually a semi-solid paste and often oily. |
| AD32639. 3 unguentaria fragments, 8.9 cm (3 1/2") aquamarine unguentarium fragment, second unguentarium fragment, and a neck fragment, nice budget lot; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Roman, 2 Partial Glass Unguentaria, 1st - 3th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AD32631. 2 partial unguentaria, 4.4 cm (1 3/4"), clear olive-aquamarine unguentarium, missing top; and 2.5 cm (1"), clear aquamarine miniature unguentarium, cf. Corning I 254 ff., missing neck; $50.00 (€38.50) |
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