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LOT 0158
Roman Aubergine Cylindrical Glass Flask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (89 grams, 12 cm).
Conical flask with rounded shoulder and trumpet-shaped neck with stepped everted rim.
Provenance
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.
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LOT 0158
Roman Aubergine Cylindrical Glass Flask
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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