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LOT 0692
Roman Spherical Glass Bottle
3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (74.5 grams, 15.2 cm).
With dimple base and five impressed dimples to the equator, tubular neck with flared and rolled rim.
ProvenanceEx W. Kern, Zurich, 1950s-1970s (d.1980s).
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00086750.
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Roman Banded Glass Pyxis
1st century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £220
Drum-shaped in profile with stepped rim; repaired. 87 grams, 60 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Glass Flask with Everted Spout
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Piriform in profile in aqua glass with broad flared neck; applied trails to the neck, dimple base; areas of iridescence. 38 grams, 98 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
The flask is a common Late Roman type, especially diffused in Syria and Palestine. Hayes suggested that examples with straight necks are relatively early in date, while those with necks having a bulge at the top and are narrow below were produced slightly later. -
Roman Glass Flask
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
With dimpled base, flared neck and carinated flange below the mouth, rounded rim. 37 grams, 86 mm
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
