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LOT 0886
Eastern Roman Core-Formed Glass Alabastron Fragment
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (20.29 grams, 64 mm).
Modelled in blue and yellow glass with everted rim and loop handle to the shoulder; lower body and one handle absent.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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