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Roman Iridescent Glass Flask with Trailing Roman Iridescent Glass Flask with Trailing Roman Iridescent Glass Flask with Trailing
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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.

Provenance

Ex 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.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.

CONDITION
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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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