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LOT 0149

Large Roman Square Flask

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

6 3/4 in. (248 grams, 17 cm high).

A 'clear' square glass flask with rounded corners to the shoulders, cylindrical neck, broad rim and applied stout rectangular handle with decorative ribbing; iridescent surfaces; base with moulded six-pointed stylised flower within double-walled roundel.

Provenance

French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.

Footnotes

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 81.10.21, for type.

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LOT 0149

Large Roman Square Flask

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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