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LOT 0971
Roman Glass Unguentarium
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (50 grams, 19 cm).
Piriform slightly squat body with dimple base, long tubular neck, funnel-shaped mouth with inward-folded rim; some iridescence. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld collection label "1420".
Ex Viviane Alioth.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259.
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