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LOT 0138
Roman Sidonian Yellow Glass Flask
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (25.37 grams, 61 mm).
Round body with flat base and short neck with everted rim, the body divided into six panels separated by columns, each panel displaying either a jug, a hydria or a kantharos; a garland with bunches of grapes beneath the panels.
Provenance
Ex London art market, 1980.
From a UK collection, 2000s.
Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, for similar.
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LOT 0138
Roman Sidonian Yellow Glass Flask
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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