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LOT 0169

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

ROMAN GLASS FLASK WITH HANDLE
1ST-3RD CENTURY AD
4 1/2 in. (57 grams, 11.5 cm).

Amber glass flask with bulbous body, dimple base, tapering neck, flared mouth folded into a pouring lip, applied handle to the rear.

PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 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.1, New York, 1997, item 334, for type.

CONDITION
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