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Lot 156*

Four Roman glass vessels
and a glass flask,
5

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

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Four Roman glass vessels
Circa 2nd-5th Century A.D.
Comprising a sprinkler flask, the mould blown body with repeat chevron decoration; a green glass flask with funnel neck, twin trail handles and lentoid body; a double balsamarium with chevron trail decoration; a glass jug, the trail handle with folded thumbrest, 7.5cm-14.5cm high and a glass flask, the body mould blown with bud and frond decoration, 14.5cm high (5)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Sprinkler flask: with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York (Shining Vessels, 1991, no. 108).
Flask with twin handles: with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills.
Balsamarium: with Asprey Antiques Ltd., London, 7 May 1997.
Jug: with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York, 4 September 1991.
Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.

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