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LOT 0828
Roman Aubergine Glass Bottle
3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (22.77 grams, 77 mm).
With slightly flattened base and spherical body, tubular neck with flared and rolled rim, one handle absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a London collector; acquired 1960s.
Property of a North London, UK, lady.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 621, for type.
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