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LOT 0153
Roman Sidonian Mould-Blown Glass Flask in the Shape of a Date
3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (18.3 grams, 65 mm).
Mould-blown with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim in amber-tinted glass, with modelled wrinkles to resemble date fruit.
ProvenanceGerman art market.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003.
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.
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LOT 0153
Roman Sidonian Mould-Blown Glass Flask in the Shape of a Date
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,404
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