Lot 147
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A ROMAN AMBER GLASS DATE FLASK
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A ROMAN AMBER GLASS DATE FLASK

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN AMBER GLASS DATE FLASK
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Mould-blown in the form of a date, with short neck and flaring, folded rim, 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high; a miniature pale yellow glass bottle, the body with seven indentations, cylindrical neck with flattened folded rim, creamy-yellow iridescence, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 2 in. (5 cm.) high; and another blue glass bottle with ellipsoid body, cylindrical neck and flattened folded rim, 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high (3)
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
P. W. L. Arts, A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 B.C.-500 A.D., Lochem, 2000, pp. 106-107, no. 47 (item one), p. 109, no 53 (item two) and p. 107, no. 48 (item three).

Cf. S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale, 1980, pp. 60-62, nos 139-148 for similar date flasks.

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