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LOT 0664
Roman Glass Vessel Group
1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 5 7/8 in. (67 grams total, 5.1-15 cm).
A group of two glass vessels comprising: one blue glass toilet bottle with bulbous body, long cylindrical neck and rolled rim; a green glass vessel with squat, tapering body, ogival shoulders and trumpet-style neck and lip, pontil to base. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
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