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Lot 134*

A Roman pale green glass feeder flask

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A Roman pale green glass feeder flask
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The body modelled in the shape of a bird, the extended tubular spout forming the tail, pinched in at the base of the neck, with a folded-in rim, 7.7cm high, 10cm long

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Provenance:
German art market.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 71.
Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.

There is another example of a feeder/pourer flask of similar proportions in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 74.51.81.

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