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LOT 0622

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0622

Roman Glass Perfume Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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