ID 1248407
Lot 99 | A ROMAN GLASS CAMEO OF MEDUSA
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 ½ in. (3.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Dr. Arnold Ruesch (1882-1929) collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1936 from the above; thence by descent.
Literature
Sammlung A. Ruesch, Zürich, Griechische, etruskische und römische Altertümer, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 1936, p. 30, no. 283.
| 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 |
| Address of auction |
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