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LOT 0845
Roman Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (201 grams, 10.5 cm).
Bulbous body with flat bottom, tall tapering neck with everted rim.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259.
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