Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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ure 130 ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS MINIATURE BOWL of sections of mavered blue and agate glass with a blue glass rim. 1st Century AD. Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) Ex German collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich in March 2008. 131 ROMAN BANDED MOSAIC GLASS ALABASTRON Pyriform, with applied green ruffle around the throat. Polychrome glass formed from rods in light blue, white, yellow, blue, dark blue and green, fused together and blown. 1st Century AD. H. 2 1/4 in. (5.9 cm.) Ex German private collection acquired in 1980. Rare type. 132 ROMAN MARBLED PALE AMBER AND WHITE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM of vertical bands free blown, with a conical body and cylindrical neck; waisted. 1st Century AD. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, New York, in June 2002. 133 ROMAN MARBLED GREEN AND WHITE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM with undulating horizontal canes free blown, a waisted conical body, and cylindrical neck. 1st Century AD. H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, New York, in June 2002.

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