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LOT 0136
Roman Glass Jug with Trail
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (53 grams, 96 mm high).
Squat body with domed shoulder, tubular neck and broad flared rim, applied strap handle, applied trail to neck and shoulder, dimple base.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Private collection, New York, USA.
See Cool H. and Price J., Colchester Archaeological Reports, Report 8: Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchester, 1971-85, Colchester, 1995, fig.888, p.125, 915, for type.
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LOT 0136
Roman Glass Jug with Trail
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' refers to a four-sided shape. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term ‘token’ is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets. -
Roman Red Ware Fragment with Gladiatorial Lion
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Found near the village of Braughing in Hertfordshire, UK, in the early 1960s. By descent to the son of a late Hertfordshire gentleman collector, whose collection was formed from the 1960s. -
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Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
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