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LOT 0616
Roman Iridescent Tall Glass Unguentarium
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (37.6 grams, 13.2 cm).
With bell-shaped body, tall pinched neck, flared and rolled rim to the mouth; iridescent surface.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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