A Roman inscribed clear glass flask

5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A Roman inscribed clear glass flask
5th Century A.D.
The slender swelling body tapering to a tall cylindrical neck with everted mouth, on short stemmed pushed-in flaring foot, the body wheel-engraved in short strokes with the Greek inscription "EYTYXI" (Good Fortune), above a row of dotted circles between stylized pendant bunches of grapes and arcading
9in. (23cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, Sotheby's, London, 4-5 June 1979, lot 266 for a similar flask with this circle and grape decoration; also, lot 268 for a beaker with a similar inscription.

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