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LOT 0765
Roman Blue-Green Glass Ampulla
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (90 grams, 15.5 cm).
Tall and slender vessel with wide base and flared rim.
Provenance
From an important collection of glass, London, UK, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259.
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