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LOT 0902
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 bottoms of toilet bottles with trails in contrasting colours. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. for a blue toilet bottle with a similar terminal Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 1997, item 702.
FootnotesSome fragments of this small group belong to the category of glass toilet bottles decorated with a single trail of glass dropped onto the bottom of a spike, drawn up, then wound around wall and lower neck.
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Composed of graduated beads with larger beads as a central feature; restrung. 15.1 grams, 42 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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