CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS COSMETIC DISH
CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Formed of a fused mass of polychrome mosaic sections, cast, lathe-cut and polished, with flat rim, the squat cylindrical body cut with horizontal rib, flat base with two wheel-cut grooves on the underside
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diam, ½ in. (1.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, New York, 1980s.
with Art Gallery, New York, 2003.
Private collection, Europe.

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Lot Essay

This is a very rare example of a cosmetic dish dating from the late Hellenistic or early Roman Empire. A similar small dish with a scooped out top and decorated with concentric circles on the underside of the base but made in opaque red glass is preserved in the Newark Museum, cf. S. H. Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p. 46, no. 34.

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