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LOT 0086
Greek Core-Formed Glass Amphora
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (32.6 grams, 83 mm).
Polychrome glass amphora with applied trail decoration to the body and spirals around the neck, two applied handles to shoulder.
ProvenanceFormerly in North American collection, 1990s.
Ex Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.320, for similar.
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