A Fine Roman Green Glass Bowl
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Egypt; Late Roman or Coptic, ca. 3rd-4th century.
The body with flaring sides, short vertical rim rising from a folded hollow flanged collar, the applied base ring with diagonal tool marks.
Note: A very similar example sold at Bonhams London, April 2, 2014, lot 20, for the B.P. equivalent of approx. $9,000.
Dimensions
5" (12.8 cm)Diameter
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
The body with flaring sides, short vertical rim rising from a folded hollow flanged collar, the applied base ring with diagonal tool marks.
Note: A very similar example sold at Bonhams London, April 2, 2014, lot 20, for the B.P. equivalent of approx. $9,000.
Dimensions
5" (12.8 cm)Diameter
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
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Intact
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A Fine Roman Green Glass Bowl
Estimate $1,000 - $3,000
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