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LOT 0844
Roman Glass Vessel Group
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 5 in. (120 grams total, 6.5-12.7 cm).
Dark amber-glass unguentarium with rolled rim, squat blue glass jar with trumpet-shaped mouth. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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