Roman Iridescent Glass Bottle

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (21.78 grams, 91 mm).

Mould-blown with a flat-based tubular body and short neck with a returned flange rim.

Provenance

Ex London, UK, art market 1990s.

Literature

Cf. British Museum reference number 899,1229.6, for a vessel of similar form; Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass: The Corning Museum of Glass, volume I, New York, 1997, item 308, for similar.

CONDITION

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