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Lot 216

A Roman enamelled clear glass fragment

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Roman enamelled clear glass fragment
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
From a shallow bowl, decorated on the exterior with a sheep, the head turned backwards facing a tree or bush, a cloud with small stars and the moon above, possibly from a scene with Christ as the Good Shepherd, the remains of a Greek inscription in a blue band outlined in red with the letter 'EN' and 'TW', 4in (10cm) long

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired from Lennox Gallery, London, in 1998.
R. Bussey Collection, UK, circa 1969.

Literature:
For a similar iconography on a bowl fragment decorated with applied gold-leaf, cf. D. B. Harden, Glass of the Caesars, Milan, 1987, p. 286, pl.161.

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