Lot 241. A Roman amber glass Harvest beaker, circa 1st century A.D. Estimate £50,000 – £80,000 ($66,500 - $106,400). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The body blown into a two-part mould, decorated with two bands of scrolling ivy leaves and grape clusters, two ribbed bands below, around the middle and above, the separate base plate decorated with a thick concentric circle on the underside; 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high

Provenance: Acquired prior to 1998.

Exhibited: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Made by Ennion: Ancient Glass Treasures from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, May-December 2011.

PUBLISHED: Y. Israeli, Made by Ennion: Ancient Glass Treasures from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, exhibition cat. (Israel Museum), Jerusalem, 2011, p. 70.

Note: This type of beaker is similar to that of the waisted "Harvest Beaker". Cylindrical glass beakers of non-waisted form with similar frieze decoration include two vessels from the Oppenländer collection now in the Getty Museum, nos. 2003.318 and 2003.316 (cf. von Saldern 1974, nos. 446 and 452); and another from the Cinzano collection, now in the Getty Museum (cf. Lazarus, 1974, no. 6). A similar beaker to the above lot with a pale blue-green tinge from the collection of David and Jemima Jeselsohn, Zurich, was also included in the 2011 Made by Ennion exhibition (op. cit., pp. 72-3).

Christie's. ANCIENT GLASS FROM THE SHLOMO MOUSSAIEFF COLLECTION, 6 July 2016, London, King Street