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LOT 0687
Roman Green Glass Pilgrim's Flask
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (12.4 grams, 58 mm).
Amphoriskos with flat disc-shaped body, tubular neck with flared rim, two lateral knee-shaped handles to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 270, for type.
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