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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
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman and Later Bronze Ring Group
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Late Roman Decorated Silver Boss
4th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Domed with decorative banding, a square-section tapering mounting spike on the reverse. 17 grams, 49 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Bronze Theatrical Mask Mount
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Modelled in the half-round with large eyes and hair arranged in orderly curls, applied silver panels to the eyes and enamel pupils. 57.3 grams, 64 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
