AMAZING ROMAN TRANSPARENT GLASS DISH WITH FISH MOTIF. Ca. AD…

Lot no. 853

Estimate: £1,500 - £3,000

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

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Archaeology and Antiquities

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AMAZING ROMAN TRANSPARENT GLASS DISH WITH FISH MOTIF. Ca. AD 300 - 400. A transparent glass dish of shallow, open form with a gently everted rim and a low, circular foot. The interior is decorated with a continuous frieze of incised fish swimming in a clockwise circuit, each fish with a slender body, forked tail, and short fins. For similar decoration see: R.A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass in the Yale Collection, Fig. 37; C. S. Lightfoot, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, The Glass, Cat. 123. (shape); Christie's, Live Auction 2323, Antiquities, Lot 63; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 14.40.808. Size: 40mm x 170mm; Weight: 140g Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 1 June 2012, lot 135; Previously with Günter Grimm (1940-2010) collection, acquired in 1973. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

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