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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.
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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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