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Ink inscribed on the base "Beth Gibrin, Palestine ..."
4TH CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
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A ROMAN PALE GREEN BLOWN GLASS FLASK
4TH CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
With elongated pear-shaped body tapering to tall cylindrical neck, the outward flared mouth with inward-folded tubular rim, two applied blue 'frilled' trails running down opposite sides of the body, forming small ring handles at the neck, on flaring circular foot, the concave base with pontil
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
With elongated pear-shaped body tapering to tall cylindrical neck, the outward flared mouth with inward-folded tubular rim, two applied blue 'frilled' trails running down opposite sides of the body, forming small ring handles at the neck, on flaring circular foot, the concave base with pontil
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Plesch collection (AGv 17C); acquired Sotheby's London, 1965, previously Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers collection, probably purchased from Lawrence circa 1890s.
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