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Lot 160

An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass alabastron

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass alabastron
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
The piriform body of aubergine glass, tapering to a pointed base and with disc rim, decorated with white spiral trailing, combed into festoons on the body, 11cm high

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Provenance:
Dr Ben Essex collection, acquired on London art market in the 1980-1990s.

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