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LOT 0169
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.
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