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LOT 0113

Greek Core-Formed Glass Alabastron

3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

6 in. (79 grams, 15 cm high).

With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, applied ledge handles, decorated with white marvered feathering and spiralling trails.

Provenance

Paris collection, 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.

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.

Footnotes

A perfume bottle.

CONDITION

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LOT 0113

Greek Core-Formed Glass Alabastron

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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