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Lot 143*

A Greek core-formed glass amphoriskos

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,500

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A Greek core-formed glass amphoriskos
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Translucent green(?) in colour, decorated with opaque yellow and white trailing spiral thread, combed into festoons on the body, with applied glass peg base and handles, 14.9cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Japan, acquired in 1981.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 2008, lot 123 (part lot).

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