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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.

Provenance

From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0134

Roman Blue Glass Unguentarium

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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