ROMAN LEGIONARY BLUE GLASS CINERARY URN

Ca. AD 50 - 200 A Roman hand-crafted blue translucent glass cinerary urn. The urn exhibits a broad apple-shaped body, a slightly concave base and a squat neck with a thick, everted rim. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 81.10.4a, b.
Size: 200mm x 230mm; Weight: 1.1kg
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie's, 6 October 2011, lot 210; Anonymous sale; Gorny & Mosch, Germany, 15 December 2004, lot 30; Ex. Private collection, Germany, circa 1900. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
5000
Estimate: GBP 7500 - 15000