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LOT 0722
Roman Glass Unguentarium
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (71.8 grams, 12 cm).
A blue glass unguentarium with a piriform body and long tubular neck with flanged rim; some iridescence to surfaces.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Roman and Other Bead Necklace
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
A restrung group of mainly opaque blue glass beads of various types. 9.54 grams, 65 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Terracotta Double Oil Lamp with Reflector
Late 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
A pottery lamp with triangular ornament handle with palmette above and acanthus leaves below, plain ring behind, concave discus with central filling-hole, two double-volute round tipped nozzles with conspicuous knobs, flat base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. 139 grams, 19.5 cm wide
From a 19th century German collection. Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
This lamp belongs to the classification of Loeschcke type III (Bailey type D). The type is characterised by a handle ornament that is either figurative or in the shape of a crescent, with decorated triangle, or two-lobed bud; and a usually round-tipped volute-nozzle, exceptionally with angular tip. Lamps may have one or two, or sometimes more nozzles. This type is typical of the Late Neronian-Flavian period. -
Roman and Other Bead Necklace
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
A restrung necklace composed mainly of graduated blue glass beads of various shades, dates and types. 1.38 grams, 83 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
