A Group of Sixteen Ancient and Reproduction Articles

Circa 5th Century B.C. and Later

comprising ten reproduction intaglios, two ancient cast glass plaques, and a glass stopper. Also, lot includes three items, possibly of ancient origin.
Largest 1 1/2 inches.

Property from the Collection of Curator and Scholar Sidney M. Goldstein

This lot is located in Chicago.

Dr. Sidney M. Goldstein is widely considered one of the foremost scholars in the study of ancient glass. After working as a curator at the Corning Museum of Glass from 1973 to 1983, he served as Associate Director and Curator of Ancient and Islamic Art at the St. Louis Art Museum until his retirement in 2009. Dr. Goldstein has authored and co-authored numerous publications including Glass: from Sasanian antecedents to European imitations (2005), and Pre-Roman and early Roman glass in the Corning Museum of Glass (1979).

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