CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

TWO ROMAN BLUE GLASS RELIEF MEDALLIONS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
38 mm. high max.

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner in the 1990s.

Exhibited

Medusa medallion: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst: von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 19 July-13 September 1981.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Medusa medallion: M. Kunz, ed., 3000 Jahre Glaskunst: von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1981, no. 341.
Medusa medallion: "Le Verre Antique: Dans l'intimité des collectionneurs," in ArtPassions, no. 9, Geneva, March 2007, p. 63.

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