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LOT 0808
Roman Iridescent Piriform Glass Bottle
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (25.59 grams, 11.5 cm).
Tapering body with a long tubular neck and an inward-folded rim.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
Cf. Cosyns, P., The production, distribution and consumption of black glass in the Roman Empire during the 1st - 5th century AD, An archaeological, archaeometric and historical approach, Brussels, 2011, no.3.2.3.29 form IIB.10, for the type (Isings 92; Cosyns, Hanut, 2005 Form 10).
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