LOT 30 A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL DISH IN THE FORM OF A TEMPLE, 3RD-5TH C...
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A ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL DISH IN THE FORM OF A TEMPLE, 3RD-5TH CENTURYThis rock crystal carving found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa) demonstrates the quality of the arts of that great city as the Roman world became Byzantine. The Roman naturalist Pliny, describing its beauty, believed crystal toe from snow. It was thought to protect against kidney ailments and other diseases.Similar seen at met museum New York Provenance - (Property of a London gentleman; before that in the private collection of a Kensington collector; previously in the collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany; acquired from the collection of Fernand Adda, formed in the 1920s.)Diameter 4.8cm ,Height 7.8cm
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