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LOT 0656
Roman Pinch-Decorated Glass Bottle
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (39.4 grams, 78 mm high).
In translucent light green glass, rounded body with six pinched decorative bands, funicular neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the deceased estate of a private UK gentleman.
with Fieldings Auctioneers, Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Tall Glass Unguentarium
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With piriform body and dimpled base; slender tubular neck expanding slightly towards the rim; in pale green glass. 42.6 grams, 15.5 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012. Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Yellow Glass Necklace Bead Group
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising a group of mostly small beads, with some cylindrical and oblate forms, in a pale yellow glass; pierced for stringing. 27 grams total, 3-19 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Roman Glass Intaglio Showing Two Gryphons Attacking a Deer
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Ellipsoid glass cloison with incuse image of two gryphons attacking a deer; set in a later silver ring. 18.57 grams, 30.95 mm overall, 22.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic and Roman period throughout the Mediterranean area and beyond. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death.
