Description & Technical information

Period:  1st- 2nd Century A.D
Origin:  Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass
Provenance: James Bomford (1896–1979) Collection, assembled between 1960-1978.
Acquired by Hans Benzian (1917-1998) at Sotheby’s, London, 14 July 1986.
Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Glass, 1986-1994.
Sold at: “The Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Glass”, Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 1994.
Private UK Collection.


Exhibitions: Ancient Glass: The Bomford Collection of Pre-Roman and Roman Glass, City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1976.


Categories: Classical & Egyptian antiquities