Sale 1163
New York
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12 December 2002
Price realised
USD 6,572
Estimate
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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