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LOT 1297
Byzantine Square Green Glass Flask
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (34.7 grams, 49 mm).
With dimple to the underside, squat square body and wide everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
LiteratureSee Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, items 643-645, for type.
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LOT 1297
Byzantine Square Green Glass Flask
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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