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LOT 0125
Roman Marbled Blue Glass Bottle
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (19.7 grams, 83 mm).
An iridescent unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in 2001.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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LOT 0125
Roman Marbled Blue Glass Bottle
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Roman Glass Flask with Everted Spout
4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Piriform in profile in aqua glass with broad flared neck; applied trails to the neck, dimple base; areas of iridescence. 38 grams, 98 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The flask is a common Late Roman type, especially diffused in Syria and Palestine. Hayes suggested that examples with straight necks are relatively early in date, while those with necks having a bulge at the top and are narrow below were produced slightly later. -
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising: a lion-headed nude male figure in running position; two hand pendants making the fica gesture; a wolf-head(?) shaped mount. 38.7 grams total, 25-45 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Sardonyx Cameo of a Leaping Stag
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With a cameo image of a male antelope jumping right; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.43 grams, 11 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
