169. Hellenistic bowl, 2nd-1st century BC
Glass
Height: 6.6cm
11275 IVP
£ 8,000.00
Cast in amber-coloured translucent glass, thick-walled, of wide hemispherical form with a slightly flattened base. Thick iridescence on the interior, thin iridescence on the exterior. Intact. Square old white collector's...
Cast in amber-coloured translucent glass, thick-walled, of wide hemispherical form with a slightly flattened base. Thick iridescence on the interior, thin iridescence on the exterior. Intact. Square old white collector's label, numbered '131' in black print on the body.
Provenance
Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), St. Nicholas-les-Arras, France; collection no.131Bellon was one of the greatest French collectors of the 19th century. Making his fortune in the textile industry, he began to buy and collect archaeological pieces from the Mediterranean world. Until the end of the 1870s, he accompanied Auguste Ternick in archaeological excavations in the Arras region. It was there that he discovered the Gallo-Roman glassworks which subsequently constituted the most important part of his collection. His collection gained notoriety during the retrospective exhibition of French Art which took place at the Trocadéro in 1896, alongside those of Auguste Dutuit and the Protat printers. Today, part of the collection is kept at the Museum of National Antiquities of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the Petit Palais in Paris, the Louvre Museum, and the Berck-sur-Mer museum.
