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Lot 31*

A Roman green glass quadruple balsamarium

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,462.50 inc. premium

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A Roman green glass quadruple balsamarium
Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
The four cylindrical phials formed by pinching the sides of a single tube, with fine trail decoration and heavier vertical looped trail applied to the corners, the elaborate basket handle composed of three arched tiers, 21.5cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 14 June 1993, lot 79.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.

For another quadruple balsamarium with triple basket handle see V. Arveiller-Dulong & M-D. Nenna, Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2005, p.484, no. 1324.

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