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LOT 0953
Large Roman Translucent Glass Flask
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (43 grams, 25.2 cm).
Of fusiform type with a rolled lip and thick rounded bottom; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 81.10.52 and 81.10.53, for similar examples.
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