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LOT 0110
Roman Aubergine-Banded Glass Vase
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (32.58 grams, 73 mm).
Piriform in profile with tapering cylindrical neck, flared rim and rolled lip, with dragged trails; rim chipped.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1982.
Acquired by the present owner through the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass In National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, pp.150-151, item 377, for similar.
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LOT 0110
Roman Aubergine-Banded Glass Vase
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £300
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Such necklaces testify to the popularity of glass ornaments across the Roman Empire. Roman jewellery at first followed trends set by the Etruscans, using gold and glass beads, but with the extension of the Empire and the adoption of different styles from Greece, Egypt and North Africa, jewellery designs became increasingly various and elaborate. Each bead of this beautiful necklace is unique in shape, lustre and speckling, creating a mosaic like impression. Blue glass beads are distinguished by the scholars in opaque mid-blue and deep translucent cobalt blue.
