Hellenistic Amber Glass Bowl. 3rd-1st century B.C. An amber-coloured hemispherical glass bowl with circumferential rotary grinding marks on the interior, shallow kick-up to base; small patches of lustre to body. See The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 79.1.40, for comparable; see The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 81.10.37, 81.10.129 and 81.10.130, for comparable. 102 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) Fernand Adda, 1920s. Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10859-178322. Hemispherical bowls were popular in the late Hellenistic period. Glass was not the only media in which they were produced, as evidenced by the survival of specimens crafted in metal and ceramic. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price

Very fine condition.