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LOT 0869
Roman Glass Flask
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (236 grams, 93 mm).
With domed body and flat base, tall neck with trumpet-shaped mouth and rolled rim.
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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