Four Roman glass stirring rod fragments Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. 9.5cm long max. (3) Footnotes: Provenance: Kofler-Truniger Collection. Ancient Glass Formerly the Kofler-Truniger Collection, Christie's, London, 5 March 1985, lot 202 (part). Schefler Collection, New York, acquired at the above sale. Exhibited: Lucerne, '3000 Jahre Glaskunst', Kunstmuseum, 19th July-13th September 1981, cat. no. 398. For a collection of similar stirring rod fragments produced in Italy and now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, see V. Arveiller-Dulong & M.-D. Nenna, Les verres antiques du Musée du Louvre. III. Parures, instruments et élements d'incrustation, Somogy éditions d'art, Paris, 2011, pp. 408-9, nos. 680-91. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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