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THBAmazing Roman Mosaic Glass Pyxis
Lot 52
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Feb 21, 2019
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2019-02-21 10:00:00
2019-02-21 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st century CE. A stunning mosaic glass pyxis with both the lid and the cylindrical body formed from glass canes of various colors - spring green, rose pink, cobalt blue, violet purple, wine red, and sky blue - with some overlapping to create various shades as well as golden and fiery iridescence providing a glistening rainbow effect. The lid fits perfectly and has a handy near-spherical knob. Size: 2.125" in diameter x 3" H (including lid) (5.4 cm x 7.6 cm)
According to the curatorial team at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Small bottles and lidded pyxides (boxes) in mosaic and luxury gold-band glass were made during the Julio-Claudian period. But as glass-blowing became more widespread during the mid-1st century, they were quickly supplanted by free-blown versions, often in more transparent glass that allowed one to see the contents." (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245723)
See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 55 for technique (formerly Ray Winfield Smith Collection); and for similar examples see Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession number: 47.76; and Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number: 91.1.1335a, b; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number: 99.454a-b. 107 grams, 72mm (2 3/4).
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-collection of Martin Wunsch, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s; ex-Christopher Sheppard collection, London, England, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1980s; ex-Gawain McKinley collection, London, England, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1980s
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#143469Lid and body repaired from multiple pieces with a few chips to the rims and expected jagged edges. Some normal pitting of surface bubbles and patches of thick creamy weathering; some silt-like encrustation on interior of pyxis. Incredible golden and fiery rainbow iridescence.Condition
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