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LOT 0736
Roman Iridescent Glass Rounded Bottom Beaker
1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (52.7 grams, 10.2 cm).
Cotton-reel-shaped body with a slightly rounded base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2001, item 166, for a similar type of beaker.
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LOT 0736
Roman Iridescent Glass Rounded Bottom Beaker
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Roman Glass and Stone Gem Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: two banded agate gems, one in glass imitating banded agate, two glass carbuncles, and others. 12 grams total, 7-28 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Bronze Vessel Handle with Face
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £833
Swept in profile, comprising a horizontal crescentic panel to attach to the rim, with inlaid silver detailing, recurved cobra-shaped thumb pad, raised serpent to the outer face of the tapering handle, finial a mask of Bacchus or Pan, facing with volute scrolls to the brow and thick splayed beard; silver diadem and eyes. 110 grams, 14.2 cm
Private collection. with Christie's, London, 11 June 1997, no.97 (part). with Bonhams, 13 April 2000, no.198. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's and Bonhams catalogue pages. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12529-232161.
These handles, which formed a leafy plant element and an S- or T-shaped animal at the top, were usually attached to the belly of the bronze vessel by a human head. In our example, the broad head of the mask, with its broad moustache and beard, characterised by abundant hair, seems to hark back to the iconography of the Sileni or Pan. -
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Roman Bronze Pyre on Base Dedicated by Aurelius Rufus
Circa 3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Model of an altar with tiered flames, separate socle base with flared base and pointillé Greek inscription in two lines: 'AYPHΛ [vine leaf] POYΦΟC THEω ΦΑΛ / [/]AMAE ZAMΕΝΟC ]ANETHEKEN': for 'Aurelius Rufus dedicated this for the god FAL ... The Roman name of the dedicant as well as the letter forms point most probably to the 3rd century A.D. 731 grams, 11.5 cm
Ex collection, before 1980. Private collection, Netherlands.
