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LOT 0849
Roman Glass Bottle with Elongated Neck
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (95 grams, 12.1 cm).
Toilet bottle with dimple base, flared neck and carination below the mouth, rounded rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 769, for type.
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