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LOT 0610
Roman Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (23 grams, 16.5 cm high).
A tall pale green iridescent bottle with bulbous flat bottomed base, tall neck and rolled everted rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 261.
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