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LOT 0908
Roman Glass Unguentarium
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (47 grams, 10.7 cm).
With tapering body, flat shoulder, short neck and rolled rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) II vol., Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.84, pl.XVIII,1, for similar vessel.
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Roman Silver Crossbow Brooch
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Parcel-gilt crossbow brooch with onion-shaped knops to the ends of the headplate and medially along the top edge; deep trapezoidal-section bow with median gusset; D-section footplate with chamfered sides open to one edge; upper part of one face of the bow with niello-filled running scroll design, lower part of the other face with running guilloche; beaded wire collar at the end. 14.6 grams, 46 mm
Ex N.C. collection. Acquired on the Swiss art market in 2000. European private collection.
Crossbow fibulae of this type were worn by high officers and, if in gold, even emperors, from Constantine to Justinian, as symbols of military rank. These fibulae are an important element in the graves, for the classification of the category of the dead, as belonging to the militia (armed or not); many of them were in gold, or gilded silver, and decorated with an inscription. -
Roman Glass Unguentarium
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With tapering body, flat shoulder, short neck and rolled rim. 47 grams, 10.7 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Gold Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Comprising mainly gold-in-glass oblate beads and later spherical gold beads. 24 grams, 51 cm
From a private London, UK, collection.
