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LOT 0152
Roman Blue Glass Single-Handled Flask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (4 in.) (23.8 grams, 84 mm (64 grams total, 10 cm including stand)).
Conical flask with broad flat shoulder and tubular neck with rolled rim, two applied trail collars, strap handle, narrow foot; applied ribbed strap handle; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12511-231897.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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 0152
Roman Blue Glass Single-Handled Flask
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Found Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Triangular in section and curved to the rear, with wide-eyed expression; pierced at the ears for suspension as a bead; small goatee beard to the chin and radiating leaf pattern to rear of head. 4.32 grams, 19 mm
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
