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LOT 0919
Roman Glass Sprinkler Flask
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (49.7 grams, 69 mm).
Globular, thick-walled body with spiral ribs; short neck constricted at the bottom leaving only a narrow opening allowing the controlled release of precious oils drop by drop; broad mouth with folded and everted rim; old label to base 'N-14295'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Dr F.J.U.M.E, Wehr, acquired 1980 from Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, Germany.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume 2, New York, 2003, p.134, for similar.
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