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Lot 76

A Roman marbled glass bowl

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman marbled glass bowl
Circa 1st Century A.D.
With flared sides and flat base, the amber marbled glass with opaque white rim and swirls, 8.5cm diam, 3cm high

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Provenance:
Fritz M. Gross (1895-1969) Collection. Thence by descent.
The Viennese-trained architect and artist formed his collection of antiquities in the UK during the 1950s. He was also a renowned collector of Impressionist paintings and in 1990 the Ashmolean, Oxford, exhibited 'Impressionist and Modern: The Art and Collection of Fritz Gross' which displayed parts of his collection alongside some of his own work.

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