A ROMAN BLUE GLASS MEDUSA HEAD FLASK
A ROMAN BLUE GLASS MEDUSA HEAD FLASK

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS MEDUSA HEAD FLASK
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Blown into a bipartite janiform flask with two Medusa faces, each with long sinuous locks, pair of knotted snakes under the chin, tall cyclindrical neck with everted inward-folded rim
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
Provenance
Plesch collection (AGv 8); acquired C. Sheppard, London, September 1982.
The Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass; Christie's, London, 28 April 2009, lot 58.

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