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LOT 0140
Roman Glass Janus Flask
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (57 grams, 99 mm high).
Formed as two addorsed heads with a short cylindrical neck and flaring mouth; both heads with abundant hair framing the face.
ProvenanceFormerly in North American collection, 1990s.
Ex Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 543, for type.
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LOT 0140
Roman Glass Janus Flask
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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