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LOT 0595
Roman Glass Bottle with Pinched Neck
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (55 grams, 14 cm).
With dimple base, piriform body, tall neck and rolled rim; pinched inside the bottom of the neck. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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