| The Alex G. Malloy Ancient Glass Collection |  |
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| Roman (Rhineland Workshop), 2 Clear Cut Glass Fragments, Late 3rd - Mid 4th Century A.D. |   | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection.
Facet-cut decorative patterns were used primarily on colorless glass vessels. Ancient facet-cuts were usually concave circular, oval or elongated "rice" facets. Interlocking facets can create lozenge shapes or hexagons. The technique was probably invented in Italy in the last quarter of the first century A.D. The earliest facet-cut vessels have facets over the entire surface. Around 250 A.D. it became popular to facet-cut only areas of the vessel. Shallow wheel-abraded facets are were used on some forth century tableware. Around the mid-forth century in Scandinavia, Germany and Mesopotamia distinctive styles developed with thick-walled vessels with deep facets. |
| AA32382. 2 clear wheel-cut bowl fragments, cf. Harden 106v and Constable-Maxwell 120., Choice, 6.3 cm (2 1/2") by 5.4 cm (1 1/8"), band of wheel-cut horizontal lines and two facet-cut rows of rice-shaped facets; second fragment with cross hatch pattern; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman (Probably Italian), 1" Millefiori Mosaic Glass Vessel Fragment, Late 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
The mosaic glass making technique is a painstaking labor intensive process. Long colored glass rods (canes) are arranged and bundled to form the desired cross-section pattern. The rods are fused with heat and pulled to reduce the diameter and shrink the pattern to a smaller scale. The fused and pulled canes of glass are then cut into wafers, each piece bearing the original cross-section pattern in miniature. The wafers are then fused together to form the millefiori (thousand flowers) pattern vessel. |
| AA32383. Fragment of a fine millefiori mosaic glass vessel; cf. Toledo Museum 478, Choice, 2.5 cm (1"), yellow pedaled flowers, with red centers, green background, lovely; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, Millefiori Mosaic Glass Fragment, c. 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. |
| AA32406. Millefiori vessel fragment, Choice, 3.8 cm (1 1/2") x 2.5 cm (1"), white petals and yellow over green stems on swirling white and brown-black background; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, Syro-Palestinian, Glass Miniature Juglet Amulet, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection.
"Freestanding zigzag" is a decorative techinque consisting of a freestanding coil, zigzagged between the rim of the vessel and the shoulder forming an open lattice free standing above the vessel's neck. Freestanding zigzag was popular in the Eastern Mediterranean in the early fourth century. In Egypt it was commonly applied on jars and in Palestine it was commonly applied on both jars and kohl tubes.
In the Ernesto Wolf Collection, Marianne Stern argues the distribution of this type of juglets, from the Holy Land to western Europe, indicates they were produced in Palestine as early Christian amulets and taken as relics or souvenirs from holy areas. |
| AA32443. Holyland glass juglet amulet; cf. Corning Museum of Glass III 965; 1.9 cm (3/4"), Superb, blue glass, coil at shoulder and another above the base, open handle, freestanding zigzag forming lattice cage above the body; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Phoenician (Palestinian Workshop) Glass Astarte Votive Figure, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
These votive pieces were made to be ritually broken before offering in the altar of the god or distribution in fields for fertility or under building foundations for good fortune. They are almost always found broken. |
| AA32451. Glass Astarte votive figure, cf. From the Land of the bible, Art and Artifacts #203; 5.4 cm (2 1/8"), dark blue glass, full figure with stamped head, Reconstructed from fragments, $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Stamped Disk Weights, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
(1) bust of a winged Victory or Eros / head of Hercules, cf. Corning III 909 - 913
(2) bust of female right with hand to breast / head of Hercules right?, cf. Corning III 951 (Reverse described as an irregular oval boss but probably just poorly made. Hercules reverse is common to many of these disk weights.) |
| AA32476. 2 stamped disk weight, both flat round clear green glass with relief images, c. 22 mm (5/8") diameter; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Phoenician (Palestinian Workshop) Glass Astarte Votive Head, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
These votive pieces were made to be ritually broken before offering in the altar of the god or distribution in fields for fertility or under building foundations for good fortune. They are almost always found broken. Similar votive figures of the goddess Ishtar, from |
| AA32444. Glass Astarte Votive Head, cf. From the Land of the Bible, Art and Artifacts #203; 1.9 cm (3/4"), dark blue stamped glass Astarte votive head, Choice, $170.00 (€130.90) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Vessel Fragments, 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. |
| AA32432. Roman, 2" glass cup rim fragment pattern of yellow, white, and red-brown bands; also a 1 ¾" marbled fragment, Superb, $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Roman, Syro-Palestinian, Glass Miniature Juglet Amulet, 4th - 5th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. Ex Robert Haas collection. This and a few other ex Haas miniature jug ammulets offered here may be ex Kofler-Truniger lot 204. They appear to be some of the same pieces but it is difficult to be certain from the small black and white catalog photo.
In the Ernesto Wolf Collection, Marianne Stern argues the distribution of this type of juglets, from the Holy Land to western Europe, indicates they were produced in Palestine as early Christian amulets and taken as relics or souvenirs from holy areas. |
| AA32441. Holyland glass juglet amulet, cf. Kofler-Truniger 204; 1.5 cm (5/8"), blue with yellow rim and yellow zigzag trails, missing bottom, rare; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Roman, 2 Glass Stamped Disk Weights, c. 4th Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
(1) bust of female right with hand to breast / head of Hercules right?, cf. Corning III 951 (Reverse described as an irregular oval boss but probably just poorly made. Hercules reverse is common to many of these disk weights.)
(2) bust of female / bearded head, hair in ringles |
| AA32475. 2 stamped disk weight; both flat round clear green glass with relief images, c. 22 mm (5/8") diameter, $155.00 (€119.35) |
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