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Lot 170

A Roman blue glass bottle and a Roman aubergine glass amphoriskos
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman blue glass bottle and a Roman aubergine glass amphoriskos
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The bottle with tall cylindrical neck, the spherical body decorated with opaque white spiral trail; the amphoriskos with tooled folded rim, with two applied handles, the body tapering towards the flattened base, 11.2cm and 13.5cm 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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