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The Jack Alfred Goldhill Collection of Ancient Glass (Lots 137-156)
Lot 154

A Roman blue-green glass stirring rod with birds, and a Roman glass stirring rod
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22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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A Roman blue-green glass stirring rod with birds, and a Roman glass stirring rod

Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
16cm and 26.5cm high respectively (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Rod with confronting birds: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1977, lot 27.
with Sheppard & Cooper Ltd., London, acquired at the above sale and sold on 14 December 1977.
Both: Jack Alfred Goldhill collection, UK, formed 1970s-1980s; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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