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LOT 0789
Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Flask
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (13 grams, 57 mm).
Flask with squat bulbous body and broad shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with flared recut rim, dimpled base; iridescent surfaces.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 78.1.14, for similar.
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