Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023

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Three Roman glass pendants

£200 - £300 £220

Three Roman glass pendants
circa 4th - 5th century AD
each stamped with a differing image and with a suspension loop above, including one pale green with Daniel and two lions, 2.6cm long, and two amber; with a walking lion having a crescent and star above, with remains of iridescence, 2.5cm long; with a lion, 2cm long, and a Roman core formed glass fragment, 4.5cm long. (4)

Provenance
Traudi and Peter Plesch Collection
Daniel and two lions (AGm 2.7); acquired from Gawain McKinley, June 1974.
Lion, crescent and star (AGm 2); acquired from Bernheimer, Cambridge, Mass., USA, August 1971.
Lion (AGm 2.1); acquired pre 1989.
Fragment (AGm 4.8); acquired from Galerie Nefer, Zurich.

cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, Ass. No. 74.51.4034 for a similar stamp of the lion, crescent and star.

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