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LOT 0160
Roman Honey-Coloured Flask with White Trail
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (65 grams, 12 cm).
With globular body, tall tubular neck with everted rolled rim, applied helical white glass trail from rim to base.
Provenance
Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
Ex Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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