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LOT 0537
Hellenistic Rock Crystal Vessel
4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (59.4 grams, 46 mm).
Formed with a globular body, shallow foot and two tubular handles, each pierced for suspension; chipped.
ProvenanceAmbassador Carlo Perrone-Capano, Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 1960s.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1992.266.19, for this genre of object.
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