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LOT 0810
Roman Deep Blue Bottle with Relief Decoration
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (48.8 grams, 89 mm).
Mould-blown with spherical, squat body and dimple base; low-relief encircling laurel branch with fruit below the shoulder; tubular neck with offset rings flared towards the mouth; restored.
Provenancewith Rosebery's London, 3 May 2019, no.165.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 621, for type.
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LOT 0810
Roman Deep Blue Bottle with Relief Decoration
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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