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LOT 0783
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.
ProvenanceEx London gallery, UK, 1986.
Ex private UK collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 738, for type.
FootnotesSmall 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 0783
Roman Iridescent Glass Cosmetic Flask with Spiral Trail
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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