A Roman bluish-green glass fish vessel
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Free-blown with an elongated body and solid base, pincered at either end to form the open mouth and tail, the body decorated with applied dorsal and other fins, with trail around the gills, 7½ in (18.5cm), mounted
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Free-blown with an elongated body and solid base, pincered at either end to form the open mouth and tail, the body decorated with applied dorsal and other fins, with trail around the gills, 7½ in (18.5cm), mounted
Estimate:
£6,000 - 8,000
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
€7,100 - 9,500
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
€7,100 - 9,500
Footnotes
- Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in the 1960s
Category: Antiquities
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