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LOT 0659

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

ROMAN GLASS CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (27.5 grams, 13.7 cm).

Wide domed body with domed underside to the foot, tall narrow neck and splayed rim with rolled edge.

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. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) II vol., Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.261, pl.XLVI,5, for similar vessel.

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