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LOT 0695
Roman Iridescent Tall Glass Unguentarium
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (36.7 grams, 12.6 cm).
With bulbous body and slightly tapering neck, rolled rim.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.
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