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Ca. 100-300 AD.An olive-green free-blown glass flask featuring a spherical body on a concave base with a pontil scar, a short cylindrical neck, and a round folded rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle and the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:85mm / W:60mm ; 50gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A beautiful glass flask with a globular body, a flaring cylindrical neck, and a wide mouth with a slightly everted rim. Good condition. While glass-making had been practiced for centuries, the Romans invented the glassblowing technique in the 1st century BC, which revolutionized this craft. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mould-blown forms and decorations. Flasks such as this one were used in Roman times to serve liquids and archaeological excavations show that they had an Empire-wide distribution (see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books). To find out more about glass objects in the Roman world, Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:50mm / W:40mm ; 21gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A Roman glass flask featuring a bulbous body, gently tapering to a base, a long, tubular neck, and a wide mouth with everted rim. Beautiful flecks of iridescence can be seen all over the body. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Roman glassmaking reached the farthest corners of the Empire and flourished until about 400 AD, when the Roman Empire started to disintegrate, finally falling in the late 5th century AD. Size: L:60mm / W:30mm ; 14gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A beautiful glass flask with a globular body, a flaring cylindrical neck, and a wide mouth with a slightly everted rim. Good condition. While glass-making had been practiced for centuries, the Romans invented the glassblowing technique in the 1st century BC, which revolutionized this craft. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mould-blown forms and decorations. Flasks such as this one were used in Roman times to serve liquids and archaeological excavations show that they had an Empire-wide distribution (see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books). To find out more about glass objects in the Roman world, Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:45mm / W:40mm ; 7.7gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A free-blown glass flask of a dome-shaped body, concave base with a pontil mark, tubular neck with everted rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:50mm / W:45mm ; 12gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-200 AD.A lovely flask blown in pale blue glass with a globular body, concave base, and a wide, funnel-shaped neck with a rounded rim. To find out more about glass objects in the Roman world, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:40mm / W:40mm ; 18gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-400 AD.A nice spherical blue glass flask with very attractive iridescence, a folded rim, long tubular neck and a globular body with a concave base. Intact. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Roman glassmaking reached the farthest corners of the Empire and flourished until about 400 AD, when the Roman Empire started to disintegrate, finally falling in the late 5th century AD.Size: L:150mm / W:100mm ; 135gProvenance: Ex collection PR, southern Germany, approx. 1970 - mid 1990s.

Ca. 1-400 AD.A free-blown clear glass flask featuring a spherical body on a concave base with a pontil scar, a funnel-shaped neck with a thin rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:125mm / W:90mm ; 75gProvenance: From a private collection in southern Germany WF, Munich. In Germany before 2000.

Ca. 1-400 AD.A clear glass flask featuring a spherical body with a concave base, and a constricted funnel-shaped neck with a folded rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:135mm / W:85mm ; 50gProvenance: From a private collection in southern Germany WF, Munich. In Germany before 2000.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A free-blown glass flask of a conical-shaped body, concave base with a pontil mark, tubular neck with everted rim. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:80mm / W:60mm ; 37gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-200 AD.A free-blown glass flask of a conical-shaped body, concave base with a pontil mark, tubular neck with everted rim. By the 1st century AD, the technique of glass-blowing had revolutionised the art of glass-making, allowing for the production of small medicine, incense, and perfume containers in new forms. These glass vessels are found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, and the liquids which filled them (perfumes, oils, medicines) would have been gathered from all corners of the expansive Roman Empire. To find out more about glass objects in the Roman world, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.Size: L:90mm / W:50mm ; 39gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A glass flask with a tubular neck and bulbous-shaped lower body with a broad shoulder and a concave base. Some weathering and incrustation occur throughout the bottle; the outside shows a beautiful iridescence.Size: L:65mm / W:60mm ; 26gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A free-blown glass flask featuring a piriform lower body on a concave base with a pontil scar, a flaring neck, and an everted rim. While glass-making had been practiced for centuries, the Romans invented the glassblowing technique in the 1st century BC, which revolutionized this craft. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mould-blown forms and decorations. By the Late Roman period (4th-5th century AD), good quality glass tableware such as this one was relatively uncommon and could have been used as a showpiece and perhaps even as an indicator of social standing or wealth within the Late Roman household, especially when displayed in the public area of the house.Size: L:75mm / W:50mm ; 20gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 400-500AD or later.A bronze statuette of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara standing against a backplate with a band of five-petaled flowers, surrounded by a border of radiating spikes with Triratna finials. The Bodhisattva wears a simple monastic robe covering his lower body, leaving him bare-chested. His right hand is raised in Abhaya mudra, and his left hand holds a flask. He is heavily adorned with jewellery and his head with neatly pulled hair is topped with a tall crown. Avalokiteshvara - 'the god who's looking down at the world' is one of the most important Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, personifying compassion. This deity vowed to liberate all creatures from pain and suffering. This item comes with a custom-made stand.Size: L:160mm / W:120mm ; 585gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 200-300 AD.A beautiful yellowish flask comprising a rounded globular body, concave base with a pontil scar, a short straight neck, and a wide flaring, outward flexed rim. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Roman glassmaking reached the farthest corners of the Empire and flourished until about 400 AD, when the Roman Empire started to disintegrate, finally falling in the late 5th century AD.Size: L:65mm / W:40mm ; 7.5gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100-300 AD.A finely blown ampulla flask of aqua-coloured glass. The vessel features a flat, spherical body, a long cylindrical neck slightly constricted at the base. While glass-making had been practiced for centuries, the Romans invented the glassblowing technique in the 1st century BC, which revolutionised this craft. Roman glassmakers reached incredible artistic heights with both free-blown vessels and mould-blown forms and decorations.Size: L:55mm / W:35mm ; 10gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

A Chinese famille rose jar moulded in relief and painted with figures in shaped panels against a turquoise ground, four character mark to base; together with a Qajar style pottery vase, painted with birds, snakes, carnations and other flowers against a white ground; and a Deruta style Italian maiolica twin-handled vase, 20th century, of flask form, painted with portrait roundels and with goat's mask handles. 21cm, 29.5cm and 31.5cm (3)

•Chris Carter (British, b. 1945), two stoneware vessels: Core, of tapering cylindrical form, with impressed mark to base; and a flask-form vase, also with impressed mark to base. (2) 16cm and 22.75cm. Note: this lot may be subject to ARR.

Victorian Western Angling Club presentation silver hip flask, Glasgow 1876, with detachable silver gilt cup, 14cm

Japanese Sumida Gawa type vase of flask form decorated with two figures, one playing a flute the other with symbols 13cm.

Mixed lot including Zeiss Ikon Contax Camera, JVC Radio, Leather covered Flask with three stirrup cups, Cased Bell Howell Lens, Cased Chinon Binoculars, plus other Binoculars, Hip Flasks, Hand Cuffs, etc

A Victorian silver Hip Flask, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co (William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman), hallmarked London, 1888, with hinged bayonet cap, removable cup to the base, engraved with a monogram, 14cm high, appx. 6.8ozt.

A late Victorian silver Hip Flask, by James Dixon & Sons, hallmarked Sheffield, 1895, of oval form with hinged bayonet cap and engraved with phoenix crest, inscribed 'Je Mourrai Pour Ceux Que Jamie', and monogram, 15cm high, appx. weight 5ozt.

A cased set of Perl binoculars, 8 x 30, a plated fish knife and fork servers, cased, other plated grapefruit spoons, hip flask, napkin rings

A silver hip flask, 106g

German pottery flask.

An Eastern water flask.

A good collection of small silverware to include a small hip flask, engraved tankard, toast rack, pill boxes etc.

Plated hip flask, cigarette box, other collectables.

A collection of commemorative ware including tins, mugs, bell, dish, flask, jugs etc

19th century percussion box lock pocket pistol, having a 4cm turn-off steel barrel, the brass frame engraved Forest with Oxford and trophy of arms to the opposing side, having a sliding safety and walnut slab sided grips, housed in fitted mahogany case with a copper flask and F. Joyce & Co. tin, w.19, d.10, h.3cm. Pistol is complete, but brass frame is coming away from the walnut stock, the hammer does not hold on either full or half cock.Tin in case is empty.

Calderwood of Dublin, a pair of 19th century percussion pocket pistols, each having an 8cm sighted octagonal barrel engraved to the top flat Dublin DU 3579 and DU 3580 respectively with captive ramrods below, each foliate engraved frame signed to the inner side and with further engraved dolphin hammers and trigger guard, the finely chequered walnut bag shaped grips with vacant white metal cartouches, housed in an oak case with various accessories to include powder flask and bullet mould etc., w.31, d.20, h.6cm.Pistol 3579 only holds at half cock, otherwise action of both is good.Appear all original with no apparent damage.With remains of trade to case, but we think possibly associated and not original case.Please note that the ivory finials to the case compartments have been removed prior to sale.

A Victorian oak pistol case, having a green felt lined interior containing various eccoutrements to include a copper powder flask, spanner and oil bottle etc., w.32, d.21, h.6cm. Case is comprised of oak and other elements.Trade label has been removed from the lid.Interior is worn.Contents are associated.

A late Victorian silver collapsible stirrup cup, maker Atkin Bros, Sheffield, 1890, h.8.5cm, together with a late Victorian hip flask, having a leather clad glass body with removeable engraved silver plated cup, h.13cm. (2)

A 19th century horn powder flask, of ovoid form with screw cover, 12cm, together with an early 20th century leather shot flask, the brass nozzle measuring 1/4-1/2 oz, the pear shaped leather body embossed with a huntsman on horseback, G. & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield, 23cm. (2)

An early 20th century brass powder flask, of fluted pear shape, the nozzle stamped Sykes, 19cm, together with a small copper powder flask embossed with an eagle, 11cm and a 19th century leather shot flask, 20cm. (3)

A 19th century leather shot flask, of typical pear shpe, the plated nozzle with measure for 1 and 1 1/4oz, 22cm, together with a 19th century walnut shot flask of tapered cyliderical form with associated cover, h.16cm and an early 20th century powder measure, 12cm. (3)

A CHINESE BLUE GLAZED CRACKLEWARE FLASK  With moulded ruji set handles, printed seal mark, 25cm high with box Condition Report:Vase appears to be in good condition with no obvious flaws, chips or cracks.

FOUR EARLY 20th C. NINE CARAT GOLD TOPPED DRESSING TABLE BOTTLES AND A HIP FLASK BY J C VICKERY, LONDON TOGETHER WITH GOLD INITIALLED TORTOISESHELL AND PLASTIC BRUSHES AND ACCESSORIES, THE WEIGHABLE GOLD 90.7cms.

An Egyptian silver lidded flask, Cairo, 0.900 standard, of baluster form with all over scroll engraved decoration, 26cm, 315gm.

A mid 19th Century Staffordshire pottery flatback figure group, Miss Nightingale, circa 1855, modelled as Florence Nightingale, (1820-1910) standing wearing a vale and holding a flask, an officer seated to her right with left arm in a sling, titled plinth, 26cm high. Note: an identical example resides in The National Trust Collection at Attingham Park, Shropshire. Provenance: The Harry Ryans Collection

An Aesthetic Movement silver and mixed metal overlay spirit flask, Frederick Elkington, London 1884, double gourd form, applied with Japonesque floral and vine motifs in yellow and copper metal, hinged bayonet cap, 14.5cm long, 4.30ozt

A Hadley Worcester reticulated scent flask, circa 1880, moonflask form, pierced with Gothic tracery within a relief moulded quatrefoil border, 7cm long

A Royal Doulton prototype flask or character jug, Uncle Sam, modelled with eagle handle with gilt shield, 18cm high

Chinese blue and white flask decorated with a river scene of boats and pagodas, 21.5cm high,

Chinese Zun shaped vase, the blue ground with foliate decoration, 31.5cm high, and a flask, the brown ground with patches of blue glaze, 20cm high,Condition Report: Large vase-There is a crack/firing crack to the vase, covered in paint, Overall wear and scratching to the glaze surfaceEwer-Condition Report: Some surface wear to the glaze, a small nibble to the rim. Glaze flaws present. Bears Roseberys label to base lot 643, 17/5/2022

James Dixon and Son, an oversized silver hip flask with bayonet cap and named raised cartouche, 21 x 13.5cm, 18.7 troy oz

Chinese snuff bottle.Glass of clear monolithic material, of flattened flask form on a broad raised footrim, the hollowing left unfinished, height 5.5cm, 19th century 

Chinese snuff bottle.Porcelain of flattened moon flask shape with narrow recessed base, painted in polychrome enamels with figures in a landscape setting. Iron-red Qianlong reign mark in regular script on base. Enamel worn in places from years of handling

Chinese snuff bottle.Damascene metal, of rounded rectangular flask form with a broad raised foot, the silver inlay depicting a continuous scene of military figures and horses, contained between horizontal bands of zig-zag motif, height 6.7cm, mid 19th/early 20th century 

Chinese snuff bottle.Mongolian parcel gilded white metal, of moon flask form, on high flared foot, each of the two main sides containing raised design of a coiled dragon amidst clouds within a circular panel, surrounded by reticulated openwork, height 6.5cm, 20th century

A Roman pale blue glass lamp-filler Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.The bird-shaped flask, pulled out on one side to form a tapering spout, the neck with everted in-folded rim, 8.5cm high Footnotes:Provenance:John-Platt Collection, New York.Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection (1923-2011), Greenwich, UK.Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York, Arte Primitivo, 14 October 2003, lot 318. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 156), acquired from the above sale.Exhibited: Museum Dordts Patriciërshuis, Dordrecht, NL, 'Glas Door de Eeuwen Heen', 11 April – 11 November 2018.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman streaked pale purple glass grape flask Circa 2nd Century A.D.The cylindrical neck with everted rim, the piriform body blown into a two-part mould to represent a bunch of grapes, 9cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 10 June 1997, lot 84.David G. Giles Collection, London.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 18.The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 075), acquired from the above sale.Published: J. v.d. Groen & H. van Rossum, Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, Utrecht, 2011, pp.84 & 87.Antiek Glas 2001, video film Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities, Amsterdam. R. van Beek, Antiek Glas: De Kunst van Het Vuur, Amsterdam, 2001, p.13, pl.42.Exhibited: Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, 'Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit', 29 April – 28 August 2011, exhibition no.147.Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities, Amsterdam, 'Antiek Glas, de Kunst van Het Vuur', 17 May - 16 September 2001, exhibition no.126.Museum Dordts Patriciërshuis, Dordrecht, NL, 'Glas Door de Eeuwen Heen', 11 April – 11 November 2018.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman olive-green glass double-headed flask Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.The body blown into a two-part mould, with two similar cherubic faces with curly hair, with cylindrical neck and flaring outward folded rim, 8.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Mrs Eugene Schaefer (1874-193) Collection, New Jersey. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 June 1996, lot 154. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 017), acquired from the above sale. Published:J. v.d. Groen & H. van Rossum, Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, Utrecht, 2011, p.29.Exhibited:Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, 'Romeins glas uit particulier bezit', 29 April – 28 August 2011, exhibition no.153.For a discussion on the different types of double-headed jars, see E. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass, the First through Sixth Centuries, Toledo, 1995, pp.201-215. Stern notes that double-headed jars featuring child-like faces such as this example were popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, p.203.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale yellow-green glass footed flask Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.The spherical body, decorated with spiral trail, set on a hollow tubular base-ring, with funnel-shaped neck, constricted at its base and rounded rim, 13.3cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Archéologie; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 22-23 April 2001, lot 578.Private Collection, P.L.W. Arts. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 112), acquired from the above on the 5 January 2002. Published: P.L. Wilhelmus Arts, A Collection of Ancient Glass, 500 BC-500 AD, Lochem, 2000, no.58.Exhibited:Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, 'Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit', 29 April – 28 August 2011, exhibition no.83.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman blue-green glass flask Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.The pear-shaped body with traces of vertical mould-blown ribbing to the upper body, which narrows to form a funnel neck with in-turned rim, two applied handles from the shoulders to the middle of the neck, 21cm high Footnotes:Provenance:C.A. Hessing Collection, no.8, 1998.Private Collection, Paul E. Cuperus, Laren, Netherlands.The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 253), acquired from the above on the 6 March 2010.Published:P. E. Cuperus, Glass from the Roman Empire, 2009, p.56, no.PEC 019.Exhibited:Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, 'Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit', 29 April – 28 August 2011, exhibition no.84.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman blue glass pilgrim flask Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.Of lentoid form, the short cylindrical neck slightly pinched-in at its base, with an everted infolded rim, 15.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 1995, lot 34.The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 016), acquired from the above sale.Published: Antiek Glas 2001, video film Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities, Amsterdam.R. van Beek, Antiek Glas: De Kunst van Het Vuur, Amsterdam, 2001, p.4, pl.6.Exhibited: Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities, Amsterdam, 'Antiek Glas: De Kunst van Het Vuur', 17 May – 16 September 2001, exhibition no.69.See Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Ancient Glass From the Collection of Lord Michael Levy, (London 2021), p.119, no.121.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman yellow-green glass sprinkler flask Late 3rd - early 4th Century A.D.The spherical body mould-blown with spiral ribbing, the cylindrical neck with broad everted mouth and in-turned rim, 8.1cm high Footnotes:Provenance: C.A. Hessing Collection, coll. no.79. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 241 (unsold). The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 90), acquired from C.A. Hessing on the 3 May 1999.For a similar example cf. D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. II, New York, 2001, Corning Museum, p.120, no.621.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale green glass engraved flask Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.The blown spherical body with two engraved lines around the the neck and middle, and three large circles formed from concentric circles, with funnel mouth and cut-off rim, 14cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Hans Benzian Collection, Switzerland. The Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Glass; Sotheby's, New York, 7 July 1994, lot 103.C.A. Hessing Collection, no.60.Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 224 (unsold).The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 085), acquired from C.A. Hessing on the 3 May 1999.Published:M. Kunz, ed., 3000 Jahre Glaskunst: von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1981, no.347.Zilverberg Spring 1999, no.106. Exhibited: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 'Dreitausend Jahre Glaskunst', 19 July – 13 September 1981.Museum Dordts Patriciërshuis, Dordrecht, NL, 'Glas Door de Eeuwen Heen', 11 April-11 November 2018.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale green glass grape flask Circa 3rd Century A.D.With funnel mouth, the cylindrical neck with tooled flange at the shoulder, the body blown into a three-part mould with ten rows of stylised grape pattern, 12.8cm high Footnotes:Provenance: The Nimbus Collection of Ancient Glass.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1997, lot 193. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 053), acquired from the above sale.Such flasks are found in green and purple glass intended to emulate the colour of grapes. For a discussion of the stylised grape bottle classifications, cf. E. Marianne Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass,(Toledo, 1995), p.191. According to Stern, these bottles were blown into a three-part mould, with two vertical moulds for the body and a disc-shaped mould for the base.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com