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LOT 0789

Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Flask

4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (13 grams, 57 mm).

Flask with squat bulbous body and broad shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with flared recut rim, dimpled base; iridescent surfaces.

Provenance

Ex 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.

Literature

Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 78.1.14, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 0789

Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Flask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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