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Lot 251*

A Roman bluish-green glass aryballos

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Roman bluish-green glass aryballos
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The everted mouth with flattened in-folded rim on a short cylindrical neck, the spherical body with thick trail handles, 2¾in (7.3cm) high

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Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in 1967.

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