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LOT 0887
Roman Green Glass Vessel
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (28.7 grams, 82 mm).
Toilet bottle with pinched base, flared neck and carination below the mouth, rounded rim. [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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