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GLASS ASKOS IN THE SHAPE OF A SWAN
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GLASS ASKOS IN THE SHAPE OF A SWAN
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
GLASS ASKOS IN THE SHAPE OF A SWAN
Roman art, 1st–2nd century AD
A rare swan-shaped askos made of translucent bluish glass, with a tail ending in a funnel-shaped, flared neck, whilst the other end curves to form the bird’s neck and head.
Cracks and repairs.
Length: 17 cm
Provenance: Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 16 December 2008: lot 44 (ill.)
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 23 June 2010, lot 43
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA565)
Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch, Auction 174, Munich, 16 December 2008, lot 44
Gorny & Mosch, Auction 189, Munich, 23 June 2010, lot 43
M. Eiland, “Materials and Manufacture” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 174, fig. 40
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 8 and 98
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 6, figs. 1 and 87
A Roman glass swan-shaped askos,
1st–2nd century AD
See original version (French)
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