Live Auction 2364Antiquities Including Property from The Collection of Max Palevsky
A ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE HEAD FLASK
Lot 69PROPERTY OF A MANHATTAN COLLECTOR

A ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE HEAD FLASK

CIRCA LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Closed9 December 2010

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A ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE HEAD FLASK
CIRCA LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Opaque white in color, mold-blown, each side with a head of Medusa, with wild flowing snakey locks, the snake tails knotted below her chin, her lips parted, with a protruding chin and bulging eyes, the vessel with a tapering cylindrical neck, the flaring mouth with the rim folded out and then in
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 13.
with Charles Ede, London, 1998.

Specialist note

For the type compare no. 141, p. 223 in Stern, Roman Mold-blown Glass, The First through Sixth Centuries.