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LOT 0850
Roman Green Glass Patterned Flask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (69 grams, 97 mm).
With dimple base, swirl pattern to the shoulder, partly restricted inner neck, applied rolled rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 769, for type.
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