Lot 489
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A ROMAN DARK AMBER MOULD-BLOWN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK
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A ROMAN DARK AMBER MOULD-BLOWN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN DARK AMBER MOULD-BLOWN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The pear-shaped body decorated with moulded concentric circles and hatched rhomboids, the short neck constricted at the base, with flaring mouth and inward-folded rim, neck repaired; and a green glass bottle with spherical body and flattened base, tall cylindrical neck with collared rim, the neck and body with wheel-cut encircling lines, circa 3rd Century A.D.
5½ in. (14 cm.) and 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
Item one: Wolkenberg collection, New York: sold Christie's London, The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, 9 July 1991, lot 44.
Exhibited
Item one: Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, October 1964 - January 1965.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: Ancient Glass, Alfred Wolkenberg Collection, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, 1964, no. 61.

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