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Lot 161

Two Roman marbled glass flasks
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Roman marbled glass flasks
Circa early 1st Century A.D.
Comprising a flask of amber and opaque white marbled glass, with squat body, the cylindrical neck with flaring mouth; and a dark amber and opaque white marbled flask, the globular body with white spiral decoration, 7cm high and 10.5cm high respectively (2)

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Provenance:
C. Crabtree collection, UK, acquired in the UK in the 1970s-1980s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 30 September 2014, lot 277.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.

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