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LOT 0148
Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 74.1.19, for similar; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.194.590, for similar.
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LOT 0148
Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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