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LOT 0071
Parthian Faience Flask
2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (812 grams, 19 cm high).
With slender neck and loop handle, raised geometric or floral pattern to both faces; remains of glaze; second loop handle now absent.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1998.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 92024 'pilgrim flask', for a comparable example.
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LOT 0071
Parthian Faience Flask
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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