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LOT 0880
Roman Green Glass Bottle
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (22.7 grams, 11 cm).
With piriform body, dimpled base, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rolled rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.
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Roman Gold and Garnet and Chrysoprase Gemstone Necklace
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising plano-convex lentoid beads alternating with gold cells with cabochon garnet inserts; hook-and-eye closure. 23.73 grams, 52 cm
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12486 -229850. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Fragmentary Bottle with Iridescence
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bulbous body from an unguentarium; old collector's label to underside 'N10941'. 14.3 grams, 61 mm
Ex B.D., acquired in the 1930s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075600. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The specimen represents an unguentarium, usually a perfume bottle. However, many of the herbs used by Romans for cosmetics - henna, iris, and saffron, had medicinal value as well, so it is not surprising that bottles that so often assumed to have been containing perfumes were sometimes employed for the storage of astringents and soothing lotions. -
Romano-British Bronze Dionysus Head Mount
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D-section appliqué with mask of Dionysus, bearded and with foliage wreath to the brow. 20.4 grams, 36 mm
Found Essex, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
