Lot no. 122
LARGE GLASS CINERARY URN
Roman art, circa 1st-2nd century AD
Beautiful blue blown glass urn with ovoid body, cylindrical foot, flared neck finished with a hemmed lip and flanked by two M-shaped side handles. It is accompanied by a circular lid topped by a tubular handle with a flattened top.
Cracks.
Height 41.8 cm (with lid)
Provenance: Former Rosalie Ballantyne collection, acquired from H.A. Liddell, Hexham, in the 1930s, then by descent
Charles Ede Ltd, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2012
Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 2012-August 2023
An Important Roman glass cinerary urn with lid,
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.
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