The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT, United Kingdom
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LOT 3075:
Byzantine Glass Pilgrim's Flask with Saints
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$600 - $800
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Byzantine Glass Pilgrim's Flask with Saints
10th-12th century AD
A glass pilgrim's flask with loop to each shoulder and short neck, impressed design to each broad face of a scrolled border and standing figure, robed and nimbate with weighing scales(?) and foliage 121 grams, 85mm (3 1/2"). Fine condition. No Reserve.
Provenance
From the collection of a European lady; part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s.
Literature
See Wamser, L. & Zahlhaas, G. Rom und Byzanz. Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, München, 1999 for discussion.
