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LOT 0108
Roman Fine Glass Flask
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (83 grams, 14.5 cm).
Comprising a bulbous body with applied ring to the base, tapering neck, flared mouth with applied rim, applied ribbed handle to the rear and collar to shoulder.
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. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 334, for type.
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