3rd-5th century AD. A blue-green jar with bulbous body featuring concentric bands of trailing; rounded and everted rim, deep concave neck, concave base with small central pontil scar; irregular applied zigzag trail around neck; some iridescence; bubbles visible. Cf. Lightfoot, C. S., Ancient Glass In National Museums Scotland, NMSE, 2007, pp.131-132, for comparable examples and discussion; cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume Two, New York, 2001, pp.140-162, for comparable examples and discussion. 82 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Property of a central London gentleman; formerly with Sheppard & Cooper in 1992. [A video of this lot is available on TimeLine Auctions website]