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LOT 0823

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (13 grams, 62 mm).

Bulbous body with rounded underside, tubular neck with rolled and folded rim, iridescent surface. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.

CONDITION
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