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LOT 0087
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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LOT 0087
Etruscan Core-Formed Glass Alabastron
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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