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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.
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
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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