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LOT 0628
Roman Iridescent Glass Storage Vessel
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (30 grams, 94 mm).
Tubular body with a narrow neck and a thick rim, dimple base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2001, item 308, for a similar type of bottle.
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