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LOT 0661
Roman Glass Amphoriskos
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (17.6 grams, 73 mm).
Comprising a Sidonian mould-blown glass vessel with ovoid body, cylindrical neck, everted rim and twin applied handles; decorated with a medial band of swirl motifs between fluting; iridescent surfaces; rim chipped.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
Acquired at a Paris auction.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers and 17.194.223, for similar decorative motif and shape using different coloured glass.
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LOT 0661
Roman Glass Amphoriskos
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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