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LOT 0177
Roman Pale Green Glass Jug with Trail
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (53 grams, 10.5 cm).
With a rounded body and a cylindrical neck with a funnel-shaped mouth, a small uneven foot and a blue-trailed handle; the body decorated with vertical concave indents and trails of glass applied at the base of the neck and around the mouth.
ProvenanceFrom a London collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.
Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
Cf. Antonaras, A., Ancient Glass in the J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2025, p.266, no.301, for a similar jug.
FootnotesThis jug has many common features with the distinctive group of Syro-Palestinian glasses, free- and mould-blown ones dated to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Common features, beginning with the characteristic colour and quality of both green and turquoise glass, are the shape of the base and the handle, the indentations along the body, and the decorative coloured coil on the neck and under the rim.
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LOT 0177
Roman Pale Green Glass Jug with Trail
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£550 (EUR 638; USD 743) +BP*
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Roman Carnelian Legionary Gemstone with Capricorn for Legio Fourteen Gemina
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with clasped hands beneath a capricorn, symbol of Legio XIV Gemina; chipped; supplied with an impression. 0.45 grams, 11 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with short rounded nozzle and lug handle; two bands of pellets to the shoulder and rim to the discus; inked '386' to base. 53.7 grams, 86 mm
Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure Carrying an Amphora
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow discus with an advancing figure in profile supporting an amphora, wide shoulder, ribbed lug handle to the rear, stamped 'MNOVIVST' maker's mark to the underside. 53.1 grams, 10.5 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The lamp belongs to the Bussière type, form D I 3, from a period between the Late Flavian era to the second half of the second century A.D. Like the types of this category, the ring handle shows two grooves on the upper part and the filling hole is in the lower part.
