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DOI article:Żelazowski, Jerzy: Three Roman mould-blown glasses from the Michał Tyszkiewicz and Gołuchów Collections
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6. Inscribed cylindrical beaker
from the Yale University
Art Gallery (phot, taken
from J. Hayward, "Roman
Mould-Blown Glass
at the Yale University",
op. cit, p.52, fig. 6)
A further well-preserved example of mould-blown inscribed vessels in-
cludes a cylindrical beaker decorated horizontally in three friezes bounded
by single ribs, the central band containing the greek inscription AABE THH
NEIKHN („seize victory“),21 and each of the other six wreaths of a conven-
tional form, divided into two parts by vertical palm leaves, diametrically op-
posed, obscuring the marks of the mould (Fig. 5). The whole was blown in
a bipartite mould (inv. no. 142555 MN, height 6.8 cm, rim diameter 6.8 cm,
base diameter 6.2 cm). According to D. B. Harden’s typology, this beaker be-
longs to a the very numerously represented K 1, III group.22 A similar vessel
may be found, among others, in the Yale University collection (inv. no.
1955.6.68, height 7 cm, diameter 6.7 cm, Fig. 6).23
This vessel also undoubtedly originates from the Goluchów collections,
a fact reflected in a pink label with the inscription „Czartoryski/Paris“, as
well as the number 671. However, Froehner’s catalogue contains only a de-
scription of a vessel found in Phoenicia, sharing, it should be said, the same
form, inscription and decorative arrangement, but the ornamental friezes
comprise six palms.24 This decoration finds no analogy among other
21 The inverted N almost certainly gives witness to a mistake made by the mould-maker, who while
inscribing would have had to print the letters upside down in order to achieve the desired effect;
cf. D. B. Harden, Romano-Syrian... op. cit., p. 177, note 23.
22 Ibidem, p. 177-179. However, because of his lack of access to W Froehner’s publication,
D. B. Harden himself was forced to conclude with the following words: “An example from
Phoenicia in the Goluchoff collection (...) could not be ascribed to any special sub-type because
of the absence of sufficient data” (ibidem, s. 179).
23 S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven 1980, no. 134,
p. 53-54; J. Hayward, “Roman Mold-Blown Glass at the Yale University”, JGS, iy 1962, no. 5,
p. 52; cf. JGS, XIII, 1971, p. 135, no. 8; Y. Israeli, “Sidonian Mold-Blown Glass Vessels in the
Museum Haaretz”, JGS, VI, 1964, p. 34-41; A. Kisa, op. cit., p. 721, Fig. 260, 260a.
24 W. Froehner, op. cit. no. 133, p. 150—151 : “Gobelet en verre blanc-verdâtre, trouvé en Phénicie.
Les sutures se dissmulent sous deux palmes droites; le décor est divisé en trois frises: a) Six palmes;
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from the Yale University
Art Gallery (phot, taken
from J. Hayward, "Roman
Mould-Blown Glass
at the Yale University",
op. cit, p.52, fig. 6)
A further well-preserved example of mould-blown inscribed vessels in-
cludes a cylindrical beaker decorated horizontally in three friezes bounded
by single ribs, the central band containing the greek inscription AABE THH
NEIKHN („seize victory“),21 and each of the other six wreaths of a conven-
tional form, divided into two parts by vertical palm leaves, diametrically op-
posed, obscuring the marks of the mould (Fig. 5). The whole was blown in
a bipartite mould (inv. no. 142555 MN, height 6.8 cm, rim diameter 6.8 cm,
base diameter 6.2 cm). According to D. B. Harden’s typology, this beaker be-
longs to a the very numerously represented K 1, III group.22 A similar vessel
may be found, among others, in the Yale University collection (inv. no.
1955.6.68, height 7 cm, diameter 6.7 cm, Fig. 6).23
This vessel also undoubtedly originates from the Goluchów collections,
a fact reflected in a pink label with the inscription „Czartoryski/Paris“, as
well as the number 671. However, Froehner’s catalogue contains only a de-
scription of a vessel found in Phoenicia, sharing, it should be said, the same
form, inscription and decorative arrangement, but the ornamental friezes
comprise six palms.24 This decoration finds no analogy among other
21 The inverted N almost certainly gives witness to a mistake made by the mould-maker, who while
inscribing would have had to print the letters upside down in order to achieve the desired effect;
cf. D. B. Harden, Romano-Syrian... op. cit., p. 177, note 23.
22 Ibidem, p. 177-179. However, because of his lack of access to W Froehner’s publication,
D. B. Harden himself was forced to conclude with the following words: “An example from
Phoenicia in the Goluchoff collection (...) could not be ascribed to any special sub-type because
of the absence of sufficient data” (ibidem, s. 179).
23 S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven 1980, no. 134,
p. 53-54; J. Hayward, “Roman Mold-Blown Glass at the Yale University”, JGS, iy 1962, no. 5,
p. 52; cf. JGS, XIII, 1971, p. 135, no. 8; Y. Israeli, “Sidonian Mold-Blown Glass Vessels in the
Museum Haaretz”, JGS, VI, 1964, p. 34-41; A. Kisa, op. cit., p. 721, Fig. 260, 260a.
24 W. Froehner, op. cit. no. 133, p. 150—151 : “Gobelet en verre blanc-verdâtre, trouvé en Phénicie.
Les sutures se dissmulent sous deux palmes droites; le décor est divisé en trois frises: a) Six palmes;
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