ID 1248410
Lot 134 | A GALLO-ROMAN TURQUOISE MOULD-BLOWN PALE BLUE GLASS BEAKER
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Discovered in excavations in February 1933 of the Gallo-Roman necropolis at Soings-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France, organised by Dr. Pierre Filloux, an amateur archaeologist.
Dr. Pierre Filloux, Contres; thence by descent.
Literature
Reproduced in a series of postcards produced in 1933 after the excavation.
P. Filloux, ‘A propos d'archéologie gallo-romaine’, in Les cahiers de Marottes et Violons d'Ingres, revue réservée au corps médical, 1949, no. 3, p. 94.
‘Excursion d’automne de la Société (25 septembre 1966)’, in Bulletin de la Société archéologique l’Orléanais, IV, 31-32., 1966, p. 194.
J. Debal, ‘Le ‘cimetière romain’ de Soings-en Sologne (Loir-et-Cher)’, in Revue archéologique du Centre de la France, 1970, 9-1, pp. 20-31.
F. Lacore, 'Typologie des verres gallo-romains de Université de Tours', in Mémoire de maîtrise dactylographié, June 1975, pp. 133-135.
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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