CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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TWELVE ROMAN COLOURED GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: banded purple, female leaning on a column, possibly a Muse; opaque black, hound curled up under tree; purple, Cassandra with the Palladion; amber, Ajax and Teucros fighting on a ship; purple, head of Medusa; nicolo paste, Bellerophon on Pegasus slaying the Chimera, 3rd-4th Century A.D.; amber, Eros holding fighting cocks; purple, goat under tree; amber, Eros driving chariot pulled by goats; banded green and blue, two putti on a column, and a kantharos-shaped fountain (broken); colourless, female leaning against column; iridescent amber, Eros driving chariot pulled by one goat, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 1 to 2.2 cm. long (12)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: banded purple, female leaning on a column, possibly a Muse; opaque black, hound curled up under tree; purple, Cassandra with the Palladion; amber, Ajax and Teucros fighting on a ship; purple, head of Medusa; nicolo paste, Bellerophon on Pegasus slaying the Chimera, 3rd-4th Century A.D.; amber, Eros holding fighting cocks; purple, goat under tree; amber, Eros driving chariot pulled by goats; banded green and blue, two putti on a column, and a kantharos-shaped fountain (broken); colourless, female leaning against column; iridescent amber, Eros driving chariot pulled by one goat, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 1 to 2.2 cm. long (12)
Provenance
Items one-six: 13 December 1977, lot 70; 7 July 1994, lot 200.
Items seven-twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 76; 7 July 1994, lot 201.
Items seven-twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 76; 7 July 1994, lot 201.