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Byzantine Mould-Blown Christian Glass Vessel Byzantine Mould-Blown Christian Glass Vessel Byzantine Mould-Blown Christian Glass Vessel
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LOT 0963

Byzantine Mould-Blown Christian Glass Vessel

LATE 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/4 in. (90 grams, 16 cm).

Comprising a pale-blue hexagonal body with cylindrical neck and rolled rim, applied tubular handle; rosette to base, the side panels with alternating motifs: two of the panels with a palm-leaf, two with large conjoining lozenges with bosses, and the other two with crosshatching, each small lozenge with a pellet to the centre.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Volume two, New York, 2001, pp.106-108, items 599-601.

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LOT 0963

Byzantine Mould-Blown Christian Glass Vessel

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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