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Auction archive: Lot number 40

A Roman translucent pale blue glass flask

Auction 26.04.1995
26 Apr 1995
Estimate
£500 - £600
ca. US$803 - US$964
Price realised:
£585
ca. US$940
Auction archive: Lot number 40

A Roman translucent pale blue glass flask

Auction 26.04.1995
26 Apr 1995
Estimate
£500 - £600
ca. US$803 - US$964
Price realised:
£585
ca. US$940
Beschreibung:

A Roman translucent pale blue glass flask the body with short neck and inward-folded rim, applied handle with pleated thumb-rest on corner, short cylindrical base -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) high; a large candlestick unguentarium with tall cylindrical neck, the wide circular body with deep concave base, encrusted -- 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high; a brown glass flask, with aubergine veining, the rounded body with flattened base and short cylindrical neck flaring at mouth -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high; a pale brown squat jar, the body with fine applied spiral thread, wide flared neck -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high; a thick cream iridescent jar, the concave neck with slipped folded loops at one side, repaired -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high; another glass flask, with white interior encrustation, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.6cm.) high, all 2nd-4th Century A.D. ; and a miniature Islamic rectangular glass flask, dark iridescence -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, 9th-10th Century A.D. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A Roman translucent pale blue glass flask the body with short neck and inward-folded rim, applied handle with pleated thumb-rest on corner, short cylindrical base -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) high; a large candlestick unguentarium with tall cylindrical neck, the wide circular body with deep concave base, encrusted -- 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high; a brown glass flask, with aubergine veining, the rounded body with flattened base and short cylindrical neck flaring at mouth -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high; a pale brown squat jar, the body with fine applied spiral thread, wide flared neck -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high; a thick cream iridescent jar, the concave neck with slipped folded loops at one side, repaired -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high; another glass flask, with white interior encrustation, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.6cm.) high, all 2nd-4th Century A.D. ; and a miniature Islamic rectangular glass flask, dark iridescence -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, 9th-10th Century A.D. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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