A Roman Aubergine Glass Grape Flask

Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.

Height 5 5/8 inches (14.29 cm).

Property from the JRM Collection, Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

Muriel Russell Collection, Miami, acquired 1970s-1980s.

with Ancient Art International, October 1999.

Arte Primitivo, New York, Important Classical, Egyptian and Asian Antiquities, 21-29 January 2003, Lot 236.

Fred Pruslin, New York, acquired from the above.

Private Collection, Connecticut.

Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 4 June 2008, Lot 130.

Arte Primitivo, New York, Fine Pre-Columbian, Tribal Art & Classical Antiquities, 2-4 March 2020, Lot 473.

For a similar vessel see The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Acc. no. 17.194.252)

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