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LOT 0794
Roman Iridescent Glass Flask with Trailing
1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (19 grams, 10 cm).
An iridescent glass unguentarium with spherical body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim; applied trails across the body.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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LOT 0794
Roman Iridescent Glass Flask with Trailing
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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