Lot 60
ROMAN GLASS RELIEF FRAGMENT
ROMAN EMPIRE, C. 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Auction: 26 November 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
cast glass, depicting two Erotes entwined in an embrace, each with a hand holding the other, one hand on the chest, the other on the leg, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
7.3cm high
Provenance
Christopher Sheppard, London, UK
Professor Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013) and Mrs Trudi Plesch (1922-2013), Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK; acquired from the above in 1987, collection number AGm 7B
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani (1966-2014), London, UK and Paris, France
Footnote
Publications:
Christie's, London,The Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, 28th April 2009, lot 78