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LOT 0800

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ROMAN GLASS VESSEL
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (31.4 grams, 10.1 cm).

With piriform lower body, extended cylindrical neck and flange rim; iridescent surfaces.

PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum, accession number 1901,0413.3009, for type; cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 212, for type.

FOOTNOTES:
This toilet bottle (Clairmont balsamarium type F) is characterised by the cylindrical neck with slight constriction at the bottom. Similar examples have been found in the Wadi Eshari, Jordan (Wadi-Es-Sir).

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