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A BYZANTINE GLASS LAMP
- CIRCA LATE 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE GLASS LAMP
CIRCA LATE 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $4,541
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000

Sale Information

Sale 1314
ANTIQUITIES
11 December 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

A BYZANTINE GLASS LAMP
Circa Late 4th-5th Century A.D.
Nearly colorless, free-blown, conical in form, the straight rim sloping outward, with three cobalt blue applied dots
7 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high

Provenance

American Private Collection, 1960s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 2002 (Glasses of Antiquity, no. 104).

Lot Notes

For a similar example see cat. no. 158 in Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700 CE, Ernesto Wolf Collection.