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LOT 0154
Roman Glass Grape Flask
3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (50 grams, 97 mm).
Narrow mouth with squared rim, short cylindrical neck extending to a wide shoulder with applied strap handles, the ovoid body moulded with ten rows of stylised grapes; some iridescence; old collector''s label to underside '4187 TD'.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a French Count in the 19th century.
Ex Thierry de Maigret, April 2010.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.
FootnotesThe neck has the appearance of having been reduced in height and ground off flat at the rim, while the applied handles are an unusual feature on this type of vessel. The examples in the Corning Museum have a much taller neck and flared rim to the mouth.
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