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LOT 0859
Byzantine Ribbed Glass Cosmetic Bottle
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (29 grams, 72 mm).
The translucent globular body with raised ribs running vertically around the equator, with everted neck and mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London WC1.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a Coincraft certificate of authenticity.
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Byzantine Ribbed Glass Cosmetic Bottle with Trail
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Globular-bodied with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, applied trails around the neck and shallow vertical ribbing rising from the base up the lower body. 15.3 grams, 57 mm
Ex Coincraft, London WC1. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. Accompanied by a Coincraft certificate of authenticity. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross with Bead Necklace
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cross pattée pendant with ring-and-dot ornament; necklace of later restrung unglazed ceramic beads. 7.2 grams, 76 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Byzantine Bronze Empress Mount
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Formed in the half-round as a youthful female bust, a cross in the middle of the high hair arrangement (propoloma). 193 grams, 97 mm
Ex Law Professor in Alexandria, prior to 1930. Ex collection M. Bouvier, Switzerland (1901-1980).
The image of the Roman Empress during the late Roman Empire, was connected to Christianity by the figure of the Empress Helena. Constantine had several cities renamed Helenopolis in honour of his mother, Helena, and she gained the political verification of power with the status nobilissima femina in 318 and the rank of Augusta in 324. Alongside her social and political image, Helena also had a significant reputation as a good Christian who was a patron and took care of poor people. Owing to this powerful religious image that was created, all other Christian women during the Eastern Roman Empire were encouraged spiritually by the fact that Helena was the mother of the first Christian emperor, and the image of the Roman empress was connected to the Christian image of the Mother of God, and represented on weights, bronze appliques and, in this case, maybe as an upper mount of a tripod.
