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LOT 0793
Roman Iridescent Tall Glass Unguentarium
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (23.9 grams, 13.1 cm).
Comprising a broad bell-shaped base, slender neck and everted rolled rim to the mouth.
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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