Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 33

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Ancient Glass

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 965		A Rare Pyxis, in Amber Brown Glass. Roman, perhaps Italy, 1st Century AD. The blown barrel-shaped body with folded ring foot base and ridged shoulder. The mouth raised, with rounded inward rim. The vessel interior with thick creme-multicolored patina/iridescence, mostly detached and loose yet still with areas finely colored and bright that make the glass look like lustrous gold metal. Intact and perfect. Height: 2-3/4". Different and rare! Estimated Value $500 - 650. Cf. Newark, figs. 145, 146; Sammlung Oppenlander no. 298. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 966		Small Square-sided Jug, in Green Glass. Roman, c. 2nd century AD. Jug with short cylinder neck and thick beveled rim. The body mold-blown to an even, almost square profile -- although the corners are rounded and the straight walls are a bit concave. A trailed handle is attached at one side. A truly "heavy duty" object, worked in very thick glass. Intact and perfect. Some remains of creme iridescence/patina, with occasional hint of silvery-lavender iridescence. Height: 3-5/8". Estimated Value $350 - 500. Square-sided bottles remain a less common form in ancient glass. Cf. Wolkenburg Collection, Christies' London, 7/9/91, lot 71a. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 967		Flask-like Juglet in Pale Green Glass. Roman, c. 2nd - 3rd century AD. Blown in pale green glass, this bottle has a flared neck and rolled rim. The globular body here has been flattened. At one side, a delicate trailed handle. Intact and perfect. The iridescence transparent, and in softly metallic greens, blues, violets, and silvers. Height: 3-1/8"; on custom stand. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 968		Three Bag-like Vials with Choice Iridescence. Roman Syria, 2nd to 4th Century AD. All blown from pale green glass, with funnel mouths and short necks. Bodies have been tooled while semi-molten into alternating ridges and deep troughs -- nearly star-like in cross section. All with choice to sublime iridescence, ranging from soft and discreet to bold and flashy greens, lavenders, and blue-greens. All intact and perfect. Average height: 2-7/8"; on custom stand. Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 969		Attractive Footed Beaker in Green Glass. Roman Syria, c. 3rd to 4th century AD. Blown in a light green glass, this cup with a slightly flared, rounded rim, and tapering body on short-stemmed, folded foot. A trailed thread of darker green encircles the waist. Intact and perfect, with etched, soft to vivid iridescence in reds, greens, and purples, with areas of bright silver. Height: 3-1/2". A pleasing, well-shaped example of type. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Intermediate to Hayes, ROM Glass, nos. 376 and 381. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $633
Lot 970		A Massive Cylindrical Bottle. Roman, 3rd-4th century AD. Thickly blown in green glass, the bottle a tall cylinder with broad neck, and rounded everted rim. Intact and without any of the age cracks often seen in thick glass. With areas of muted to bright iridescence, and calcareous patina. Height: 13-1/4". Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $719
Lot 971		Another Massive Cylindrical Bottle. Roman, 3rd-4th century AD. Bottle a brother to the preceding lot, but this thickly blown in clear glass.Again, intact and without any of the age cracks often seen in thick glass. With areas of muted to bright iridescence, and calcareous patina. Height: 13-1/8". Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 972		Two Glass Bottles with Colorful Iridescence. Roman Empire, perhaps Syria, c. 3rd-4th century AD. Largest a perfume flask of clear glass, of inverted drop shape, with constricted neck and wide funnel mouth. Piece with black crusty patina, but where it has flaked off, gorgeous, intense multi-colors on a silvery base shine forth. The smaller globular jar of yellow-green glass similar, but with creme patina, and a more subdued, yet still widely colored iridescence. Both intact and choice. Heights: 5"; 2-5/16". Lot of 2 documents. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 973		Elegant Sprinkler Bottle with Pinched Ribbing. Roman Syria, 3rd to 4th Century AD. Bottle blown in pale green glass -- with wide flattened rim, neck with internal constriction, and piriform body with segmented ribbing formed by pinching. Vessel with thin, transparent silvery to multicolored iridescence. Intact and perfect. Very attractive for its class. Cf. Ede, Collecting, no. 304a for like example. Height: 3-3/8"; on custom stand. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 974		Choice Iridescent Sprinkler Bottle with Pinched Ribbing and Feet. Roman Syria, 3rd to 4th Century AD. Bottle blown in thick, pale leaf green glass -- with wide funnel mouth and trailed ring beneath, tapered neck with folded in constriction, and body with vertical ribbing formed by pinching the glass. Additional pinched knobs on ribbing and comprising feet. Vessel shows choice silvery-violet iridescence, to blues and light magentas, from subtle to vibrant Intact and perfect, but for two little chips to feet. A most handsome object, and more exotic than usual for its type. Height: 3-7/8"; on custom stand. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $403
Lot 975		Sprinkler Bottle with Coloful Iridescence. Roman Palestine, 3rd to 4th Century AD. Bottle mold-blown in light yellow-green glass -- with wide funnel mouth with folded throat, neck with internal constriction, and body squarish with faint ribbing. Vessel fairly robust, with areas of silver and goldish iridescence, giving the bottle an almost metallic lime look in spots. Intact and perfect, and very appealing. Height: 3-1/2". Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $219
Lot 976		Footed Flask in Light Green Glass. Roman Syria, 3rd - early 4th century AD. Mold-blown, with folded, flaring pedestal foot, flattened shoulders and funnel mouth. Intact and perfect, with grayish multicolored iridescence, opaque to thinly transparent. Height: 6-3/4". Well proportioned and nicely symmetrical. Estimated Value $350 - 450. "Old Grand Tour Collection," c. pre-1930. With two old, yellowed stickers with collection number. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 977		Attractive Juglet in Green Glass. Roman, c. 3rd to 4th century AD. Blown with wide funnel mouth, concave neck, and piriform body. The same colored glass forms a trailed thread that encircle the base of the mouth and neck. A thick trailed handle in slightly darker glass is at the side. Fine silvery iridescence, along with bright flashes of green, magenta, and purple over much of body. Body expertly repaired, with slight restoration in one spot. Nevertheless, the vessel remains sound, robust, and attractive. Height: 4-5/8"; on custom stand. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 978		Robust Juglet in Light Green Glass. Roman, 3rd to early 5th century AD. This vessel is blown from a thick leaf green glass. The funnel mouth has a heavy rolled rim, the neck longish, the globular body indented six times around. At neck and underneath mouth, trailed threading. At the side, an applied handle in darker glass. The vessel intact and choice, with intense green and coppery-gold iridescence on one side of body. Height: 4-1/2". Nice. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 979		Pair of Late Empire Flasks. Roman, c. 4th to 5th century AD. The larger in a light green glass, the other a pale green. Both free-blown with long funnel mouth on sharply ovate or globular bodies. The largest with cut and ground rim; the smaller's fire polished. Largest with a few minor chips and nicks to rim, otherwise choice, with translucent to transparent iridescence, in colorful greens, magentas, blues and violets. The other intact and perfect, with softer speckled silvery to purple iridescence. Heights: 5-3/8"; 4-1/4". A good lot. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $500 - 700. Cf. Newark, no. 438 for general type. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $380
Lot 980		Glass Jar with Trailed Ornament. Roman, c. 4th-5th century AD. Squat, broad bottle of fairly thick pale green glass, with funnel mouth. A trailed and crimped ribbon of glass encircles the shoulders, with similar star-like shapes applied around the sides. Nice silver and violet iridescence under earthen and grayish patina. Repaired, with a few restorations, otherwise fine overall. Height: 3-5/8". Scarcer type. Estimated Value $375 - 475. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $357
Lot 981		Three Miniature Juglets in Black and Colored Glass. Near East, Late Antique to Early Islamic, c. 5th - 8th century AD. Each single-handled, and of oinochoe-like form, with white, red, or yellow zigzags trailed around the black bodies. Typically these are considered pendants, but two are large than usual, and could conceivably have contained a small amount of a high value scented oil or the like. Some spots of rough surface, but overall they're nice. Heights: 7/8" - 1-3/8". Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 982		A Pair of Multi-Colored Child's Bangles in Glass. Egypt, Late Antique or Early Islamic, c. 400-800 AD. Each with colorful overlay over monochromatic inner core. One with repeating segments of white, yellow, and brick red on black ground. The second similar, but bands of yellow and tan on bright green ground, with added interspersed globules of white. Each with single age crack (now consolidated) on one side -- otherwise near pristine. Widths: 2-1/8"; 2-3/8". Colorful ancient glass. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 983		Another Pair of Multi-Colored Child's Bangles in Glass. Egypt, Late Antique or Early Islamic, c. 400-800 AD. As preceding lot, but first with trailed and marvered yellow and brown colors, imitating patterned agate. The second as previous lot, but with more and larger globules of white. One with age crack (now consolidated), second with typical repairs in two spots, otherwise glass surfaces choice to near pristine. Widths: 2-3/8"; 2-1/2". Colorful ancient glass, both less common varieties. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $322