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LOT 0689

Roman Glass Bottle

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

5 in. (102 grams, 12.9 cm).

With dimpled base, flared neck and carinated flange below the mouth, rounded rim.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
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.2, New York, 2001, item 769, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0689

Roman Glass Bottle

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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