A TRANSLUCENT AMBER-COLOURED MOULD-BLOWN 'DATE' FLASK, the body simulating the wrinkled skin of the fruit, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 2½in. (6.3cm.) long; a small conical flask, the body decorated with applied spiral thread and with four deep depressions; and another handled flask, the fluted cylindrical body with gold, purple and green iridescence throughout, both circa 3rd Century A.D.

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A TRANSLUCENT AMBER-COLOURED MOULD-BLOWN 'DATE' FLASK, the body simulating the wrinkled skin of the fruit, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 2½in. (6.3cm.) long; a small conical flask, the body decorated with applied spiral thread and with four deep depressions; and another handled flask, the fluted cylindrical body with gold, purple and green iridescence throughout, both circa 3rd Century A.D.
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high (3)

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