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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.
ProvenanceParis collection, 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 74.1.19, for similar; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.194.590, for similar.
FootnotesA perfume bottle.
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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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