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LOT 0838
Roman Dark Green Glass Cotton Reel Unguentarium
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (137 grams, 75 mm).
With a broad plano-convex base, sturdy tubular body, everted and rolled rim.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.
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