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THBANCIENT ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM
Lot 74
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By Apollo Art Auctions
Mar 27, 2022
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2022-03-27 08:00:00
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Bidsquare : Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art
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Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Circa 300-400 AD A beautiful example of a Roman glass double balsamarium, made from a semi-translucent green glass. Extremely aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The body widens at the base and at the mouths and is decorated with applied spiral trails in a blue-green colouring. The balsamarium is a form of the Roman glass unguentarium. For similar see: Roman Glass in the Corning Museum Volume 1-3. Ancient and Islamic Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, p. 115. Brill, R.H., 1967: "A Great Glass Slab from Ancient Galilee," Archaeology. Charleston, R.J., 1978: "Glass Furnaces through the Ages," Journal of Glass Studies 20. Fleming, S.J., 1999: Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change, Appendix A (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum). Grose, D.F., 1989: Early Ancient Glass, various sections (New York: Hudson Hills). Mazor, G., and Bar-Nathan, R., 1998: "The Bet She'an Excavation Project 1992-1994," Excavations and Surveys in Israel 17, 5-38. Stern, E.M. and Schlick-Nolte, B., 1994: Early Glass of the Ancient World, 72-79 (Ostfildern: Verlag Gerd Hatje). Weinberg, G.D., 1988: Excavations at Jalome, 38-102 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press). Size: Set of 2: L:108 - 114mm / W:5 - 47mm; 72g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.
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