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LOT 0945

Large Transparent Roman Glass Bottle

2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

7 1/2 in. (85 grams, 19 cm high).

With large piriform body and dimpled base; funicular, waisted neck and rolled rim.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 0945

Large Transparent Roman Glass Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

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