A group of Roman glass vessels and fragments
1st-4th Centuries A.D.
Including a large aubergine glass bottle marbled with opaque white; a green glass cinerary urn of globular form; a large jug with folded rim and strap handle; a large fragmentary pale green glass plate; various unguentaria; a slender aubergine glass phial with pronounced vertical dimples; a blue glass bowl, mould blown with vertical ribs and another blue glass bowl with cut rim; and a miniature green glass beaker with opaque blue glass rim and nipple base, 1½in-8¼in (4cm-21cm), many damaged (a lot)
1st-4th Centuries A.D.
Including a large aubergine glass bottle marbled with opaque white; a green glass cinerary urn of globular form; a large jug with folded rim and strap handle; a large fragmentary pale green glass plate; various unguentaria; a slender aubergine glass phial with pronounced vertical dimples; a blue glass bowl, mould blown with vertical ribs and another blue glass bowl with cut rim; and a miniature green glass beaker with opaque blue glass rim and nipple base, 1½in-8¼in (4cm-21cm), many damaged (a lot)
Sold for
£900
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired from Christie's London in the early 1990s
Category: Antiquities
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