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LOT 0603
Roman Glass Bottle
2ND-3RD CENTURY AD.
3 3/4 in. (130 grams, 95 mm).
Translucent pale green vessel with wide foot and dimpled base, tapering stem and flared rim.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.
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