ID 1248357
Lot 135 | A LARGE ROMAN COBALT BLUE GLASS JAR
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Giorgio Sangiorgi collection, Rome; formed in the late 19th-early 20th Century.
Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 124.
Swiss private collection.
Antiquities, Christie’s, London, 26 April 2012, lot 392.
Art market, London.
Antiquities, Christie’s, London, 5 December 2018, lot 142.
Literature
G. Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi dalle Origini al V secolo D.C., Milan and Rome, 1914, no. 133.
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Glass |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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