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LOT 0133
Roman Green Glass Jar with Blue Handles and Zig-Zag Trail
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (98.9 grams, 95 mm wide).
Bulbous body with funicular neck and ribbed mouth, applied blue handles and trail decoration on the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, UK, in 1993 with reference no.4155/4083.
From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.
Accompanied by an original Shirley Warren invoice no.2388 dated 18 September 1993.
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 690, pp.163-164, for nearly identical specimen.
FootnotesThis is a common form of jar with trailed ornaments, and numerous examples have been found in the Syro-Palestinian Region (Beit Fajjar, Jerusalem, Grave A at Ain Nabrud, etc).
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LOT 0133
Roman Green Glass Jar with Blue Handles and Zig-Zag Trail
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Roman Black Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of small beads interspersed with larger oblate and other beads, the central feature composed of larger beads; restrung. 9.8 grams, 33 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
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Very Large Eastern Roman Blue Glass Bottle with Iridescence
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Piriform in profile with a narrow neck and flared mouth with a chamfered rim, dimple base. 949 grams, 29.1 cm
From the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès private collection. with Artcurial, Paris, 25 March 2014, no.39. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12959-245241.
On ancient glass, iridescence is the soft play of colour that develops as the surface ages and becomes silica-rich. Minute layers form over time and break light into shifting blues, greens and golds. It is not a modern finish but something time has drawn out of the material itself, so the pattern and palette are unique to each piece. Collectors prize good, stable iridescence because it lifts the form: ribs read more crisply, profiles glow, and simple vessels take on depth and movement. Museums now tend to preserve these surfaces rather than polish them away, recognising both their beauty and what they tell us about an object’s long life (though it is not, by itself, a dating test). For display, iridescent glass performs brilliantly under gentle, directional light, where the colours “turn” as the vessel is moved. Well-preserved, even iridescence of this quality is not common and adds materially to the presence and desirability of the piece. -
Roman Green Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composed of graduating mixed beads, the central feature with an oval tabular bead and a large annular bead, restrung. 11.4 grams, 37.2 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
