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LOT 0400
Roman Polychrome Mosaic Glass Set into a Marble Table Top
3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
11 5/8 in. (4.31 kg, 29.6 cm).
Discoid plaque with radiating panels of ancient inlaid mosaic and other glass; black outer border, centrepiece a disc with inlaid mosaic glass triangle, set into a marble table top; made in Rome circa 1825, attributed to Francesco Sibilio.
ProvenanceLady Walston, Newton Hall, Newton, Cambridgeshire.
The collection of Mr Edric Van Vredenburgh.
with Sotheby’s, London, The Eclectic World of Edric Van Vredenburgh, 6 June 2006, no.97.
British private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12743-235193.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Martine S. Newby, Francesco Sibilio and the Re-use of Ancient Roman Glass in the 19th century, Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Lavori di Sibilio, L'Armadio Delle Meraviglie, Milan, 1991, p.86.
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LOT 0400
Roman Polychrome Mosaic Glass Set into a Marble Table Top
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
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Ex London gallery, UK, 1980s. Ex private UK collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The figure represents a woman caught in the act of offering; originally, she probably had a patera and a gift in the other hand. The statuette has a plain back as it probably was intended to be placed in a shrine inside a votive deposit. In the now empty space there could have been a name and a painted dedication. -
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4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Squat with a wide everted rim and broad base indented towards the centre; applied zig-zag trail connecting the flange rim to the shoulder, seven pinched projections below; green weathering and some iridescence. 93 grams, 78 mm wide
Acquired from a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Times Ancient, Bristol, UK, with stock no.K422. 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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1st-4th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising mainly opaque annular and oblate beads with flange to each end. 62 grams total, 7-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
