CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

TWENTY-EIGHT ROMAN GLASS APPLIQUÉS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
30 mm. diam. max.

Provenance

G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.

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Please note that the quantity of this lot should read 28.

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Lot Essay

Moulded round glass appliqués were commonly attached to the body and handles of glass vessels as ornaments. In particular the two green glass attachments moulded as a winged mask of Medusa appear to have been a favourite motif, cf. D. B. Harden, Glass of the Caesars, 1987, p. 119, no. 51.

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