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LOT 0720
Roman Glass Flask with Iridescence
1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (118 grams, 15 cm).
An iridescent glass unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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