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LOT 0827
Roman Glass Bottle with Tapering Neck
4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (44 grams, 11.2 cm).
Flask with squat bulbous body and broad shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with flared rim, dimpled base; iridescent surfaces. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 78.1.14, for similar.
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