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LOT 0110
Roman Amber Glass Bottle with Trail
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (21.77 grams, 90 mm).
With bulbous body, tall tubular neck, broad everted rim; applied trail from lower neck to base; extensive iridescence.
Provenance
Previously from a German private collection.
Acquired Sotheby's, London, 13 & 14 July 1981, no.442 (illus).
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203, for type.
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