Lot Essay
Cf. Exhibition catalogue, Glass from the Ancient World, The Ray Winfield Smith Collection, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1957, p. 159, no. 326, for similar.
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3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN CLEAR GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The spherical body decorated with applied impressed rosettes, the constricted neck with wide everted rim, on ring foot
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The spherical body decorated with applied impressed rosettes, the constricted neck with wide everted rim, on ring foot
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Howard Phillips, London, 1969.
Inventory number on base: ETH Collection 521.
Inventory number on base: ETH Collection 521.
Special notice
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