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LOT 1289
Roman Amber-Coloured Glass Beaker with Wheel Cut Decoration
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (73 grams, 9.8 cm).
With narrow base and conical lower body, slightly waisted shoulder and everted rim; wheel-cut horizontal bands to the rim and equator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 1289
Roman Amber-Coloured Glass Beaker with Wheel Cut Decoration
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Iridescent Glass High-Walled Vessel
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Tall, sloping walls and a dimpled base; probably cut down from a larger vessel. 171 grams, 15.6 cm wide
From an important London, UK, glass collection, formed 1990s onwards.
This shape is a variety of hemispherical cups found in various materials and techniques during the first three centuries of the Empire. Clay cups of the same shape have been discovered alongside coins of Augustus in necropolises in Switzerland. An analogous form in glass appears in a cup fragment found at Karanis, Egypt, in a stratum dated to the 3rd century AD. The type of decoration is characteristic of the Syrian production centre during the 3rd century AD. -
Roman Stone and Glass Gem Collection
2nd-3rd century A.D. or laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a standing figure of Mars with a spear, Venus in chiton, Mercury wearing a petasos and other types; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.68 grams total, 9-17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Gladiator Fighting a Bull
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Vessel fragment with low-relief scene including a bull with head lowered at the feet of a bestiarius with large scutum shield and ribbed greaves; old collector's label to reverse 'Bestiarius and bullfight in arena'. 45 grams, 11.3 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
