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LOT 0787
Roman Iridescent Tall Glass Unguentarium
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (31.1 grams, 14 cm).
Squat bulbous body and a long tubular neck with rolled flange rim.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, art market 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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