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LOT 0589
Roman Glass Unguentarium
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (27.1 grams, 13 cm).
With plano-convex body and flat base, gently tapering neck and everted rolled rim.
Provenance
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
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.
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