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LOT 0697
Roman Cast Glass Aryballos
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (67 grams, 63 mm).
With globular body, short neck with wide rim and iridescent surfaces; lateral loops to the shoulders with bronze suspension loops from the supporting chain.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.139, for a similar aryballos.
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