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LOT 0184
Roman Iridescent Blue Cosmetic Dish
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (183 grams, 10.7 cm wide).
Featuring a squat body with slightly everted sides, wide circular mouth with a thick folded rim, concave base with a pontil mark.
ProvenanceFrom an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
Cf. Auth, S.H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p.46, for identical type.
FootnotesThis was an elegantly shaped object with very precisely moulded dimensions, scooped out at the top and showing concentric circles on the flat base. It was used as a small dish for cosmetics.
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LOT 0184
Roman Iridescent Blue Cosmetic Dish
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Roman Bronze Plate Brooch with Facing Bird Heads
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plate brooch formed as two stylised bird heads with ring-and-dot detailing, pin and catch on the reverse. 11.1 grams, 32 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Pale Green Glass Jug with Trail
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
With a rounded body and a cylindrical neck with a funnel-shaped mouth, a small uneven foot and a blue-trailed handle; the body decorated with vertical concave indents and trails of glass applied at the base of the neck and around the mouth. 53 grams, 10.5 cm
From a London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
This jug has many common features with the distinctive group of Syro-Palestinian glasses, free- and mould-blown ones dated to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Common features, beginning with the characteristic colour and quality of both green and turquoise glass, are the shape of the base and the handle, the indentations along the body, and the decorative coloured coil on the neck and under the rim. -
Roman Stone and Glass Gem Collection
2nd-3rd century A.D. or laterEstimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including profile female bust, standing figure with pedestal or altar, bearded head in three-quarter view and other types; some supplied with a museum-quality impression. 15.17 grams total, 5-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
