Lot Essay
Cf. J. W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 66, pl. 15, no. 197 for similar.
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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN AMBER GLASS ASKOS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With bird-shaped body tapering to a curving tail, with high funnel-shaped mouth, with mount
8 in. (20.4 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With bird-shaped body tapering to a curving tail, with high funnel-shaped mouth, with mount
8 in. (20.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market, circa 1992.
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