Sale 12257
New York
|
25 October 2016
Price realised
USD 3,750
Estimate
A ROMAN BLUE-GREEN GLASS TWO HANDLED FLASK CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. 4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York. Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1996.
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Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glass of Imperial Rome from the John F. Fort Collection, 2 June-6 October 2002.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN F. FORT
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