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LOT 0080
Parthian Faience Pilgrim's Flask
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (812 grams, 19 cm high).
A faience pilgrim’s flask with slender neck and loop handle, raised geometric or floral pattern to both faces; remains of glaze; second loop handle now absent.
Provenance
Acquired in 1998.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 92024 'pilgrim flask', for a comparable example.
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LOT 0080
Parthian Faience Pilgrim's Flask
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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