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An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass amphoriskos

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass amphoriskos
Hellenistic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
The cobalt blue body with white threads wound spirally from the rim and combed into festoons on the body, the tall neck with everted rim, with applied amber handles, 14.9cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 14 June 1993, lot 74.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.

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