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LOT 0751

Roman Aubergine Glass Flask

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (19 grams, 11.5 cm).

With piriform body, dimpled base, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rolled rim.

Provenance

From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0751

Roman Aubergine Glass Flask

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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