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LOT 0610
Roman Green Glass Nursing Bottle
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (50 grams, 13.7 cm high).
Composed of a squat bulbous body with broad shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with flared rim, conical spout to the shoulder; kick-up to base; iridescent surfaces.
ProvenanceParis collection, 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 78.1.14, for similar.
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