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LOT 1328
Byzantine Dark Green Glass Cotton Reel Unguentarium
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (100 grams, 77 mm).
Squat in profile with flared body and broad base, flared mouth with rolled rim.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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