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LOT 0855
Roman Glass Flat Flask
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (22.25 grams, 96 mm).
With discoid body, pinched tubular neck with everted rolled rim, iridescent surface.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. for similar The Metropolitan Museum, New York, item 74.51.67, in Lightfoot, C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, p.290, no.430.
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