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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.
Provenance
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s.
Ex Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.320, for similar.
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