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LOT 0759
Roman Glass Vessel Group
MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 3 in. (157 grams total, 54-75 mm).
Including tubular bottle with flared rim, phial with flared rim and fluting, and other types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume 2, New York, 2003, p.132, for similar.
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