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LOT 0713
Roman Glass Flask with Wavy Lines
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (86 grams, 75 mm).
Pale green piriform shape with wide double-stepped rim and applied wavy line trail from rim to the body.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.
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