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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.
Provenance
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
Acquired at a Paris auction.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Literature
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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