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LOT 0806

Roman Blue Glass Bottle

3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 1/8 in. (10.1 grams, 79 mm).

With slightly flattened base and spherical body, tubular neck with flared and rolled rim.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 621, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0806

Roman Blue Glass Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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