Roman Pilgrim Flask + Shell Bead Necklace w/ Glass Pendant
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Description
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A set of 2 Roman artifacts - a pilgrim flask and a necklace. Each side of the pilgrim flask features an image of a figure on horseback, one with empty hands and the other holding a weapon. The necklace is strung with dozens of hand-carved shell beads in tubular and seed forms, and suspended from a modern gold attachment is a mold-formed glass grape cluster bearing vibrant cobalt blue hues. Size (flask): 1.9" W x 2.6" H (4.8 cm x 6.6 cm); (necklace): 16.25" L (41.3 cm); (grape cluster pendant): 0.41" W x 0.82" H (1 cm x 2.1 cm)
Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966
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#177975
Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#177975
Condition
Necklace is wearable as shown and strung in modern times. Shell beads and glass pendant are ancient; stringing and metal are modern. Glass pendant and some shell beads with small chips, otherwise intact and very good. Pilgrim flask with abrasions, softening to finer details, and small chips, otherwise intact and very good.
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Roman Pilgrim Flask + Shell Bead Necklace w/ Glass Pendant
Estimate $700 - $1,050
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