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LOT 0532
Greek Core-Formed Glass Vessel Group
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 - 5 7/8 in. (197 grams total, 11.3-15 cm high).
With polychrome decoration and iridescent surfaces, comprising: an alabastron with fusiform body, conical foot and ledge handles, decorated with yellow feathering and trails; a blue amphoriskos with yellow festooning and trails, knop foot and everted rim; fragmentary. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 74.51.322 and 17.194.594, for similar.
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LOT 0532
Greek Core-Formed Glass Vessel Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Tiered Cup
Circa 4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Comprising a shallow carinated body with flared rim. 171 grams, 14.2 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Parthian Blue Glazed Amphora-Type Vessel
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £468
The buff, capsule-shaped body with a tapering shoulder and pronounced rim, knop-shaped foot and remains of glaze to the mouth. 4.1 kg, 42.5 cm
London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Eastern Mediterranean Tripod Footed Jug with Strainer
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £910
With a carinated body with conical feet to the base, a slender neck with trefoil mouth and pierced strainer panel to the spout, integral handle to the rear; displaying vertical notching to the equator and columns composed of shallow dimples to the upper body; chipped. 1.64 kg, 24 cm wide
with a London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
