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    Sale 5951

    Antiquities Including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass

    London, South Kensington

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    28 April 2009

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    Lot 72

    AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS

    LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    GBP 7,500

    Estimate

    GBP 6,000 - GBP 9,000

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    AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CORE-FORMED GLASS ARYBALLOS
    LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
    The dark blue spherical body with opaque yellow and turquoise marvered decoration, comprising a yellow trail spiralling around the shoulder, a yellow and turquoise zigzag pattern around the body with two yellow bands below, an applied turquoise trail around everted rim edge, twin 'duck head' handles
    2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Plesch collection (AGv 6); acquired Sotheby's London, 29 November 1965, lot 31.

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    Lot Essay

    Cf. A. von Saldern et al., Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Hamburg, 1974, pp. 53 and 64, no. 143 for similar.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
    Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.


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