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LOT 0106
Large Roman Dimple-Sided Glass Flask
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
9 5/8 in. (240 grams, 24.5 cm).
Comprising a piriform body with vertical fluting, flat base, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rim.
Provenance
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.
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LOT 0106
Large Roman Dimple-Sided Glass Flask
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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