Roman Sidonian Yellow Glass Flask. 1st century A.D. Round body with flat base and short neck with everted rim, the body divided into six panels separated by columns, each panel displaying either a jug, a hydria or a kantharos; a garland with bunches of grapes beneath the panels. See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, for similar. 25.37 grams, 61 mm (2 3/8 in.).
Ex London art market, 1980. From a UK collection, 2000s. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Starting price | 550 GBP |
Estimate | 600 GBP |