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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.

CONDITION

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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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