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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.
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