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LOT 0087

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GBP (£) 700 - 900
EUR (€) 810 - 1,040
USD ($) 940 - 1,210

ETRUSCAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (31.8 grams, 10.2 cm).

With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, decorated with white marvered feathering and spiralling trails; remains of attachment point for handle.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Bertolami, 19 November 2018, no.39.
Property of a London based academic, 2003 to present.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 74.1.19, for similar; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.194.590, for similar.

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