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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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