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LOT 0668

Roman Glass Bottle

1ST CENTURY A.D.

5 1/4 in. (6 in.) (20.5 grams, 13.4 cm (82.2 grams total, 15.2 cm including stand)).

Comprising a tapering round-section body with narrow shoulder and flared neck, median bulb with pinched flanges; supplied with a custom-made stand.

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 770, for type.

Footnotes

Examples of similar form have been found in the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, particularly from the grave 12 in the Liverpool Sotto Cemetery at Muralto Locarno, Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The archaeologist assign it to the period between A.D.20 and 50.

CONDITION

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LOT 0668

Roman Glass Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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