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LOT 1156

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800

WESTERN ASIATIC MARBLED GLASS BOTTLE
8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (101 grams, 98 mm high).

A heavy pear-shaped amber-green coloured glass vase with u-shaped neck and everted rim, decorative marbling over the body.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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