COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS BRACELETS

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of five glass bracelets, including, from top to bottom: a broad annular bangle with a domed outer face decorated with a marvered trail; a thin bracelet with lightly ribbed sides; a bracelet with shallow oblique fluting around the band; a bangle with pronounced ribs; and a small black bracelet with a plain exterior. 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: 38-70mm x 35-65mm; Weight: 40g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.