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LOT 0174
Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Wine Beaker
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (67.6 grams, 56 mm).
Wheel-cut with a narrow base and cylindrical body with gently tapering walls, concentric line decoration to the rim, body and around the base; in exquisite deep colour.
ProvenancePreviously with a London, UK, gallery, 1990s.
Ex JL collection Surrey, UK, early 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12035-214140.
See Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.17.194.155, for a deep purple example of the type.
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LOT 0174
Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Wine Beaker
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Roman Glass Unguentarium
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Aqua-glass perfume bottle with applied rim to the mouth, bulbous lower body and pontil base. 27.5 grams, 10.1 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Silver Denarius Bracelet
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Penannular form with one end wound about the shank, centrepiece a denarius coin with portrait bust. 22 grams, 68 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Large Roman Bronze Staff Finial with Bust of Serapis
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £60,000 - 80,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £27,778
With luxuriant long wavy hair and characteristic vertical locks at the forehead, full beard with two large ringlets below the chin, wearing a chiton and a himation draped over the left shoulder, the head surmounted by a corn modius decorated with olive branch in relief, the bust supported on the back of an eagle standing atop an orb with spread wings, the eagle with its head slightly turned to the left, the feathers finely detailed; a finial from a staff or a ceremonial standard. 1.4 kg, 29.5 cm high
Repaired.
Ex private collection, South Germany, 1980. with Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 13 December 2003, no.74. with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, no.239 (US $120,000-180,000). Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11789-206489.
The Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.) modelled many of his portraits based on Serapis. But it was under Hadrian that the refurbishment of the statue in the Serapeum increased the demand for small-scale images, like this one, probably made during his reign and used atop of a processional sceptre or standard for the cult of the god.
