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LOT 0134
Roman Blue Glass Unguentarium
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (34 grams, 93 mm).
With piriform body, tapering neck and everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772, for type.
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