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LOT 0161
Roman Glass Flask with Gallery
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (113 grams, 81 mm wide).
Globular in profile with wide double-stepped rolled rim, applied wavy line trails forming a gallery from rim to body.
Provenance
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.
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LOT 0161
Roman Glass Flask with Gallery
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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