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LOT 0138

Estimate
GBP (£) 650 - 750
EUR (€) 750 - 870
USD ($) 870 - 1,000

ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE-HANDLED IRIDESCENT FLASK
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (47 grams, 72 mm).

With squat bulbous body, dimple base, flared trumpet neck; applied trails to the shoulder, applied strap handles to the shoulders.

PROVENANCE:
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 690, for type.

CONDITION
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