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Lot 149*

A large Roman amber glass aryballos

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

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

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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, 14.4cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 December 1991, lot 8.

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