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LOT 0771
Roman Iridescent Glass Bottle
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (20 grams, 97 mm).
With bulbous body, tall tubular neck, broad everted rim to the shallow mouth; extensive iridescence.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203, for similar.
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