A Large Roman Glass Sculpture of a Head
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Mediterranean; c. 1st- 3rd century AD
A very impressive, very three-dimensional casting of a woman's head with well-defined features and fully in the round. Back of head protruding through the casting . Very unusual. Very iridescent.
Dimensions
1 1/2" diameter (3.8 cm)
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.
A very impressive, very three-dimensional casting of a woman's head with well-defined features and fully in the round. Back of head protruding through the casting . Very unusual. Very iridescent.
Dimensions
1 1/2" diameter (3.8 cm)
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.
Condition
Chips to edge, hair, else very good.
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A Large Roman Glass Sculpture of a Head
Estimate $200 - $600
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