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Lot 69*

A large Roman amber glass aryballos

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A large Roman amber glass aryballos
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The globular body with twin handles joining at the cylindrical neck below the folded flat rim, the base slightly indented, with thick iridescence, 14.4cm high

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Provenance:
Property of a gentleman.
Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 December 1991, lot 8.

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