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LOT 0127
Large Roman Blue Glass Toilet Bottle
1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (194 grams, 18.2 cm).
With a piriform body with a dimple base, a long tubular neck with an everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 210, for type.
FootnotesThe toilet bottle corresponds to the Isling Form 28a or Vessberg flask type A.III.a. The transparent greyish green glass suggests that the object belongs to the Hayes' fabric 2 of Cypriot blown glass.
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