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A Roman Glass Trefoil Flask
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Light green in color, of globular body and cylindrical neck with a blue thread wound spirally from the lower portion of the neck to the lip, three applied blue handles to the neck and a fourth to the lip, on a flared foot.

Provenance:
Formerly in a Canadian Private Collection formed between 1960-1980, acquired through Iegor De Saint Hippolyte.
Condition:
One handle rejoined, break originated from the curved area of the handle to the neck.
References:
Ancient and Islamic Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, p. 101, no. 158.
Similar in The Aldorf Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, no. 51.
Category:
Roman
Period:
Roman Imperial
Date:
c. 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Material:
Glass
Height:
4" (10.2cm)
Display Stand:
No
 
 

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