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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.

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. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0720

Roman Glass Flask with Iridescence

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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