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LOT 0697
Roman Cast Glass Aryballos
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (67 grams, 63 mm).
With globular body, short neck with wide rim and iridescent surfaces; lateral loops to the shoulders with bronze suspension loops from the supporting chain.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.139, for a similar aryballos.
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Roman Gold 'Bunched Grape' Jewellery Set
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Group of three gold pendants comprising: two formed as a cluster of granules with three lobes, larger granule to each apex and coiled wire suspension; one of similar profile, larger with filigree lines and coils to both faces, trumpet-shaped finial with loop; two repaired; housed in a custom-made display case. 8.83 grams total, 24-32 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12812-241415. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Typologically related earrings were particularly common in the Caucasus, where they have been dated by archaeologists to the first centuries A.D. This was mainly a product of Hellenised workers of the area of Pontus or Asia Minor, and the material culture of the Greek cities of the North Pontus region was completely absorbed by their new Roman rulers and largely diffused in style and orientation in the Eastern Roman provinces. -
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Key-shaped with La Tène Style comma-shaped arms, chamfered edges to shank; pin and catch to reverse. 10.3 grams, 37 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Mould-Blown Marbled Glass Flask
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Wide body and tall tubular neck with everted rim, formed of marbled glass in shades of brown and white; restored. 80 grams, 10 cm
From the F.D. collection, 1990s. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, dealership. Ex collection of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This specimen belongs to the types of colour band piriform bottles of glass strips, fused and blown. After cooling, slices were cut from the rod cross-wise, then arranged side-by-side and fused together to create a multi-coloured and multi-patterned sheet of glass. Alternatively, the craftsman, instead of cutting the glass chords, could place them side by side and fuse them together in strips.
