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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LATE ROMAN GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LATE ROMAN GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Aubergine in color, pattern molded with thin ribs then spirally twisted, the biconical body flaring toward the rounded high-kicked base, with a long cylindrical neck and a funnel mouth, an applied pale green ring around the neck, with a thin aubergine trail partially preserved below, the pale green handles pulled up from the shoulders to below the mouth
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Aubergine in color, pattern molded with thin ribs then spirally twisted, the biconical body flaring toward the rounded high-kicked base, with a long cylindrical neck and a funnel mouth, an applied pale green ring around the neck, with a thin aubergine trail partially preserved below, the pale green handles pulled up from the shoulders to below the mouth
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Giorgio Sangiorgi (d.1965), Rome.
Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 194.
Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 194.
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