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Lot 632
A FINE GREEK GLASS BOWL
Estimated Value:
5.000 € - 8.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Syro-Palestina, Hellenistic period, c. 2nd-1st century BC.D. 15,6 cm
Olive green in color, conical in shape, the upright rim with rounded edge, the straight sides tapering toward the convex bottom, with three wheel-cut horizontal grooves on the interio of the body toward the rim.
Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1990
A New York Private Collection of Ancient Glass; Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 371
Important Bavarian private collection, purchased at Christie's New York, 7.12.2006, Lot 2
Exhibited:
Newark, New Jersey, The Newark Museum, Fire and Light, 3000, Years of Glass Artistry, August 2001 - January 2002 - For a similar example in the Ernesto Wolf Collection and a study of the type see no. 79, p. 284-285 in Stern and Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 BC-AD 50