A LARGE ROMAN TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM FLASK

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Details

A LARGE ROMAN TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM FLASK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The flattened body decorated with wrythen-moulding, the tall cylindrical neck with outward flaring, folded rim, two slender handles applied to shoulder and neck with loop-like folds at the neck, remains of bronze suspension chain and loop around neck
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Property of the Late M. Ferdinand Michel; Sotheby's, London, 22 February 1965, Lot 70.
Plesch collection (AGv 25A).

Exhibited

Strange & Rare; 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1937-1987 of The Glass Circle, Broadfield House Glass Museum and the Pilkington Glass Museum, UK, 1987-88.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Strange & Rare; 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1937-1987 of The Glass Circle, Broadfield House Glass Museum and the Pilkington Glass Museum, UK, 1987-88, no. 11.

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