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LOT 0132
Large Roman Deep Blue Glass Date Flask
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (41.7 grams, 80 mm).
Mould-blown with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim, with modelled wrinkles.
Provenance
Dr Gonik & Me Wirth, Geneva, 1970s.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12394-226935.
Literature
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.
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LOT 0132
Large Roman Deep Blue Glass Date Flask
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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