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LOT 0733
Roman Amber Glass Date Flask
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 1/2 in. (35.6 grams, 89 mm).
With trumpet-shaped mouth and wrinkled effect to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon art market, 1980s.
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Roman Redware Vessel Fragment Group
4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising three fragments from a large dish, each with a running frieze of animals, one showing a leaping ibex with a tree behind; one with two attacking lions; one with a bull charging at a large dog, an altar behind the bull. 155 grams total, 9.8-10.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Spoon with Twisted Shank
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With slightly dished bowl, shank cast with voids simulating a guilloche, loop finial with pointillé detailing. 25 grams, 18 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Glass Bottle with Pinched Neck
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With dimple base, piriform body, tall neck and rolled rim; pinched inside the bottom of the neck. 55 grams, 14 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
