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LOT 0813
Roman Miniature Glass Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/.4 - 1 1/4 in. (14 grams total, 18-30 mm).
Comprising: a blue ewer with applied trails to the body; slender vase with applied handle; two small drinking horns with trails in contrasting colours. [4]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
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LOT 0813
Roman Miniature Glass Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Roman Glass Janus Flask
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £556
Formed as two addorsed heads with a short cylindrical neck and flaring mouth; both heads with abundant hair framing the face. 57 grams, 99 mm high
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s. Ex Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, Scotland. -
Roman Bronze Plate Brooch
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Comprising a discoid plaque and hinged S-curved pin to the reverse, the obverse with a millefiori glass insert. 5.61 grams, 24 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Traveller Statuette
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Hollow-formed figure wearing a paenula and with hands extended to support a patera or salver; mounted on a custom-made stand. 35.8 grams total, 64 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
