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Lot 157*

A Roman blue-green glass pilgrim flask

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

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A Roman blue-green glass pilgrim flask
Circa 4th Century A.D.
Of lentoid shape, the cylindrical neck with flared mouth and infolded rim, the short applied handles extending down the body in undulating ribbon trailing, 17.8cm high

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Provenance:
with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.

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