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The Jack Alfred Goldhill Collection of Ancient Glass (Lots 137-156)
Lot 143

A Roman pale blue-green glass juglet with green handle, and a Roman green glass unguentarium
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22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

£500 - £700

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A Roman pale blue-green glass juglet with green handle, and a Roman green glass unguentarium

Cyprus, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
juglet 7.5cm high, unguentarium 13.5cm high (2)

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Provenance:
Edwin Henry Lawrence F.S.A (1819-1891) collection, excavated in Cyprus by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904) or his younger brother, Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola (1839-1914).
Stella Pitt-Rivers collection, Dorset, likely acquired at Sotheby's at the sales of the Lawrence-Cesnola collection in 1883, 1888 and 1892.
The Property of Mrs. Stella Pitt-Rivers from the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Dorset, formerly in the Lawrence-Cesnola collection; Sotheby's, London, 28 February 1977, lots 355 and 358.
Jack Alfred Goldhill collection, UK, acquired from the above sale; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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