COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS BRACELETS

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of five glass bracelets, including, from top to bottom: a broad black-brown bangle formed as a thick ring with a flattened inner face and gently rounded outer edge; a tawny ring of circular section; a lighter ochre example with a shallow convex outer face and a flat interior; a dark cobalt band; and a small translucent blue bracelet with a compact D-section. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.344; C. S. Lightfoot, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art (Glass), Cat. 490, 494. Size: 45-95mm x 42-96mm; Weight: 110g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.