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LOT 0905
Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
18 1/8 in. (5.65 grams, 46 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of oblate and other types with teardrop pendant centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Roman Deep Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung designer necklace string of annular, oblate and other types with polyhedral bead centrepiece. 15.4 grams, 42.7 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Roman Amber Glass Bottle with Trail
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With bulbous body, tall tubular neck, broad everted rim; applied trail from lower neck to base; extensive iridescence. 21.77 grams, 90 mm
Previously from a German private collection. Acquired Sotheby's, London, 13 & 14 July 1981, no.442 (illus). From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages. -
Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle
1st century B.C-1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £165
With bulbous body, tubular neck, broad everted rim; extensive iridescence. 10.6 grams, 70 mm
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Similar bottles were found in the Cemetery of Ein-Gedi in the Judaean Desert, in a settlement abandoned in 40-37 B.C, and in Homs, Syria, dated to the first half of the first century A.D. These are among the first earliest datable blown bottles.
