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A Late Roman Flask (© National Museum of Scotland)
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© National Museum of Scotland

A Late Roman Flask

Artist: Roman

Location: National Museum of Scotland

Date: 300 - 400

Materials: glass

Dimensions: 34 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £7,000)

Vendor: Charles Ede

Review number: 2974 (1983)

Provenance:
Andrew Constable-Maxwell sale, Sotheby's 1979.

Description:
Pale green glass with a thick handle and thumb-rest, the neck and base decorated with a trail of crimped glass; a miniature flask, also of pale green glass but with handles and decoration of blue trailed glass, is attached to the base of the interior.

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