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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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