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LOT 0796
Roman Clear Glass Bottle
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (26.5 grams, 69 mm high).
With dimpled base and funicular neck.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 312.
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