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LOT 0179
Roman Mould-Blown Dark Green Jar with Wheel-Cut Design
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (132 grams, 92 mm high).
Featuring a broad, low, round-bellied body with a wide, hollowed base, a short neck with a funnel-shaped mouth; incised festoon-like decoration on the body.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Sir Daniel Donehue; his collection was sold in the 2000s.
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13440-263208.
Cf. Antonaras, A., Ancient Glass in the J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2025, p.273, no.311, for the type of jar.
FootnotesThis jar belongs to a generic vessel form known from many eastern Mediterranean and European sites and dated to the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. Characteristic are the annular pontil marks, patterned on the squat globular body.
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LOT 0179
Roman Mould-Blown Dark Green Jar with Wheel-Cut Design
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of Cupid
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
