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LOT 1049
Roman Iridescent Moulded Fluted Glass Perfume Bottle
CYPRUS, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (19.7 grams, 60 mm).
Piriform fluted body with narrow neck and everted rim, flared base. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Oxfordshire, UK, by direct descent from the collection of Judge George Cyril Griffith-Williams (1893-1983), Supreme Court Judge of the Colony of Cyprus; items having been collected in the 1930s and 1940s in Cyprus during his tenure there.
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