Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0600
Roman Glass Vessel
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (31.4 grams, 10.1 cm).
With piriform lower body, extended cylindrical neck and flange rim; iridescent surfaces.
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, accession number 1901,0413.3009, for type.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0600
Roman Glass Vessel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
RELATED LOTS
-
Roman Glass Jug with Fillets
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With bulbous body, flared rim and applied zigzag trail to neck, dimple base; old collector's labels to underside '2970' and 'L-16437'. 105 grams, 76 mm
M.C. (b.14.12.1933) and R.C. Burckhardt (b.10.05.1929), Basel, Switzerland, thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Legion XIII 'Battle of Munda' Lead Slingshot
1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Fusiform with pointed ends, reserved 'LXIII' (LEGIO XIII = 13th Legion) legend. 55.7 grams, 51 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The shot (Völling type 1C) is marked with the abbreviated name of Legion XIII, and was probably used at the Battle of Monda (or Munda) against Julius Caesar, 17th March 45 B.C., or against the sons of Pompey, because both the generals (Pompey sons and Caesar) had in their army a Legio with the numeral XIII on that day. Interestingly, other glandes of the same typology from the same battlefield bear the name of Pompey, so that it is much possible that the glans belongs to the Legio XIII of Pompey, who was destroyed during the battle and whose survivors were massacred among the 22,000 defenders of Cordoba by the troops of Caesar (D'Amato, 2021, pp.421 and 424). The projectiles were made of different materials: lead (glandes) or in pottery or stone (lapides missiles). -
Roman Bronze Phalera with Figures
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Sheet-bronze plaque with raised border and four piercings, central repoussé frieze of a bearded figure with a staff advancing on a baseline before a second such figure holding the hand of a female with neck-ring, stripped to the waist. 14.3 grams, 10 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
