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Lot 169

Two Roman glass ribbed amphoriskoi
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Roman glass ribbed amphoriskoi
Circa mid 1st Century A.D.
The blue amphoriskos of piriform shape with applied twin handles, the body with horizontal ribbing; and the yellow-green amphoriskos similarly moulded, with a slender neck and applied twin handles, 11.2cm and 12.5cm high respectively (2)

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired in Lebanon prior to 1980 from Carla Chehab; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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