Roman Glass Pilgrim's Flask

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (12 3/8 in.) (252 grams, 22 cm high (481 grams total, 31.5 cm high including stand)).

A pale green lentoid glass flask with tubular neck and everted rim; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 17.194.93 and 81.10.51, for similar.

CONDITION

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