Roman Glass Flask

Mixed group including a standing female, a perching bird and others; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.66 grams total, 7-16 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Two of the gemstones in this collection show cockerels. The motif of fighting or individual cockerels was very popular in the classical world, and individual cockerels (the animal often associated with gods, such as Mercury or Sol/Helios) were also often depicted in a standing position. Another gemstone appears to represent a nude figure of Dionysos/Bacchus draped in a long cloak, and another shows Helios with a radiate crown.

Discoid in plan with incuse figure of Fortuna with cornucopia and fronds; set into a later silver ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.84 grams, 25.06 mm overall, 18.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)



Private collection, H.W., Munich, Germany. with Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany. Private collection, England.

Plano-convex type with incuse image of naked Jason advancing beneath an overhanging tree with Golden Fleece suspended in its branches; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.79 grams, 13 mm



Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.