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    12 December 2002

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    • TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
    Lot 392

    TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS

    CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

    Price realised

    USD 6,572

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
    Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
    Both blue in color, free-blown, including an amphoriskos, ovoid in shape with a cylindrical neck, the rim folded down, up, out and in, flaring to the slightly concave base, with twin strap handles; and a piriform flask, with a cylindrical neck and wide trefoil mouth, the single handle pinched for a thumbrest
    4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) high for the taller (2)

    Provenance

    Tel Aviv Market, Late 60s-Early 70s (amphoriskos)
    Westchester Private Collection (amphoriskos)
    Acquired by the current owner in 1990 (amphoriskos)
    Arte Primitivo, New York, late 1980s (flask)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GLASS

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