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LOT 0757
Roman Amber Glass Unguentarium
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (21.8 grams, 63 mm).
Squat amber glass vessel with piriform body and vertical ribbing, tubular neck with everted rolled rim.
ProvenanceFrom a London gentleman's glass collection, UK, 1990s.
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Roman Black Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly composed of restrung opaque beads of various sizes, mainly irregular oblate and barrel shapes. 19.8 grams, 50 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Roman Glass Toilet Bottle
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
With globular body, everted rim, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder merging with concave wall, rounded base. 61 grams, 14 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
This toilet bottle could be associated with the Isings form 6 and De Tommaso type 7. These small bottles are among the earliest known blown glass. The everted rim seems to distinguish examples made in Italy and the western Mediterranean provinces from those of the Eastern Mediterranean, on which the rim is usually folded in the form of a flange. -
Roman Bronze Ram's Head Terminal
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Hollow-formed with ribbed mouth to the socket. ram-head finial with swept horns, pierced to accept an attachment stud. 43.1 grams, 44 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.