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LOT 0675

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

ROMAN EMERALD GREEN FLASK
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (59 grams, 89 mm high).

Squat bulbous flask with slightly dimpled base, short trumpet-shaped neck with everted rim.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203.

CONDITION
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