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LOT 0140
Large Late Roman Glass Lamp or Beaker
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (293 grams, 18.5 cm).
Conical body with pontil base, five horizontal grooves cut around the body; traces of iridescence.
ProvenanceDr Jutaro Kawabe, Nagoya, Japan, his collection formed in the 1960s-1970s.
with Hoshigaoka Gallery until the late 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12830-241334.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Auth, H.S., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, New Jersey, 1976, items 200 and 201; Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass: Volume Three, New York, 2003, item 1180; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, item 74.51.310.
FootnotesConical vessels of this form were either used as a lamp or a beaker; notably during late imperial period in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and in early Migration period. Deep cuts on this piece suggests they were used for suspension chains or ropes, making it highly likely that this example was used as a lamp.
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LOT 0140
Large Late Roman Glass Lamp or Beaker
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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