Roman relief fragment with two erotes, c.1st century AD
Glass
Height: 7.3cm
11421
Cast in black glass, the fragment depicts two Erotes with their arms entwined. The plump cherubs have smiling faces, one with wavy hair, the other with curly being held in place by a vine leaf wreath, a bunch of grapes above their heads.
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
Publications
Christie's, London,The Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, 28th April 2009, lot 78
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