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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN F. FORT
A ROMAN GLASS ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Green in color, free blown, the bell-shaped body on a concave base, with a short cylindrical neck and flat rim, a trail applied to the neck and wound spirally around the body to the underside, the twin loop handles on the shoulders each attached to lengths of bronze wire joined to a suspension hook
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, excluding chain
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Green in color, free blown, the bell-shaped body on a concave base, with a short cylindrical neck and flat rim, a trail applied to the neck and wound spirally around the body to the underside, the twin loop handles on the shoulders each attached to lengths of bronze wire joined to a suspension hook
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, excluding chain
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1987, lot 23.
with Asprey, London, 1987-1989.
Private Collection, England.
An English Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2005, lot 77.
with Asprey, London, 1987-1989.
Private Collection, England.
An English Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2005, lot 77.
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glass of Imperial Rome from the John F. Fort Collection, 2 June-6 October 2002.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot was not exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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