CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN 'MARBLED' GLASS FLASK
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The piriform body decorated with vertical purple, blue and white 'marbled' bands, the cylindrical neck with folded rim, neck repaired
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

Provenance

Wolkenberg collection, New York: sold Christie's London, The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, 9 July 1991, lot 97.

Exhibited

Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, October 1964 - January 1965.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ancient Glass, Alfred Wolkenberg Collection, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, 1964, no. 44.

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