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LOT 0165
Roman Two-Coloured Sprinkler Flask
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (62 grams, 10 cm).
With bell-shaped body, rolled lip at the shoulder, cylindrical neck and deep, tiered rim; internal shelf at shoulder level with small central opening; brilliant iridescence to inner and outer surfaces; pontil to base.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Opening Bid: £360
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1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
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