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LOT 0811
Roman Glass Unguentarium
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (97 grams, 15.5 cm).
With piriform body and flat base, tall neck with waisted joint to body, mouth with everted rim; old collector's labels to underside 'L-15439' and '2970'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
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, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772, for type.
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