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LOT 0949
Roman Glass Bottle Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
31/4 - 3 3/4 in. (81 grams total, 84-98 mm).
Including a miniature amphora with ribbed collar to the neck and other types. [3]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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