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LOT 0085
Roman Chrome Chalcedony Gemstone of a Noble Lady
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.62 grams, 13 mm).
With intaglio profile bust of a wealthy lady facing left, possibly an empress; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with tabular teardrop pendant centrepiece. 8.6 grams, 44 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Roman Glass Stirring Rod Group
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Mixed group of glass rods and fragments, each with applied ornament in trails or granules. 95 grams total, 3.3-11.3 cm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Roman Glass Flask with Everted Spout
4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Piriform in profile in aqua glass with broad flared neck; applied trails to the neck, dimple base; areas of iridescence. 38 grams, 98 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The flask is a common Late Roman type, especially diffused in Syria and Palestine. Hayes suggested that examples with straight necks are relatively early in date, while those with necks having a bulge at the top and are narrow below were produced slightly later.
