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LOT 0893

Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle with Iridescence

2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (10.9 grams, 68 mm).

With pear-shaped body and flat base, cylindrical neck, the rim folded out.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 74.1.19, for similar; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.194.590, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0893

Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle with Iridescence

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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