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LOT 0114
Roman Clear Cut-Glass Beaker
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (189 grams, 11 cm wide).
Translucent glass with wheel-cut bands creating registers of ellipses and circles.
ProvenanceAcquired on the French art market, 1990s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 300-399, for a very similar example.
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LOT 0114
Roman Clear Cut-Glass Beaker
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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From the collection of a Swiss gentleman formed in Europe from 1970-1980s; thence by descent from the family in London. -
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Roman Carnelian Figural Gemstone
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With a seated female and goat, tree to the rear, all on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.58 grams, 12 mm
From the collection of a Swiss gentleman formed in Europe from 1970-1980s; thence by descent from the family in London. -
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1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Crouching adult male lion with forepaws extended. 24.7 grams, 36 mm wide
Acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Ex property of a European gentleman. Acquired on the UK art market in 2015. Property of a Kent lady collector.
