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LOT 0156
Roman Blue Glass Flask with Trail
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (8 grams, 62 mm).
Piriform in profile with slight dimple to base, squat body, tubular neck with flared and rolled mouth; fine applied spiral trail from shoulder to base.
Provenance
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 621, for type.
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LOT 0156
Roman Blue Glass Flask with Trail
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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