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LOT 0622

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

ROMAN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (14.7 grams, 91 mm).

Piriform body with flattened base, long tubular neck with everted rim. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex London gallery, UK, 1986.
Ex private UK collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum, accession number 1901,0413.3009, for type; Fleming, S.J., Roman Glass, Reflexions of Everyday Life, Philadelphia, 1997, p.4, lett.a, for shape and date; p.17, pl.24, for similar type.

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