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LOT 0155

Roman Honey-Coloured Cast Glass Flask

1ST CENTURY A.D.

3 7/8 in. (54 grams, 97 mm).

With piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim, raised rib below the shoulder.

Provenance

From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0155

Roman Honey-Coloured Cast Glass Flask

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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