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Lot 148*

A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium

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

£1,000 - £1,500

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A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium
Circa 5th Century A.D.
Of folded tubular form, with a double loop basket handle and twin lateral handles, some trail on the body, 15.1cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1992, lot 181 (part lot).

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