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LOT 0977
Roman Iridescent Glass Cosmetic Flask with Spiral Trail
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (14.6 grams, 76 mm).
Bulbous body with long funicular neck and everted rim, applied strap handles to the top, applied spiral decoration to the body.
Provenance
Ex London gallery, UK, 1986.
Ex private UK collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 738, for type.
Footnotes
Small cosmetic flasks with tubular bodies, conical feet and trailed decoration were a common product of the Syro-Palestinian workshops in the Eastern Roman Empire, during the 4th-5th century A.D. Many such vessels had elaborate basket-handles, from which they could be suspended.
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LOT 0977
Roman Iridescent Glass Cosmetic Flask with Spiral Trail
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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