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