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LOT 253912
Roman Marbled Blue Glass Toilet Bottle
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (19.7 grams, 83 mm).
An iridescent unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in 2001.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 213, for type.
Footnotes
This typology were produced mainly in Egypt (Karanis class XIII.B). They were characteristic of Eastern Mediterranean as well, and characterised by the irregular curved depression on the underside of the base and by the narrow cylindrical neck with slight constriction at the bottom.
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LOT 253912
Roman Marbled Blue Glass Toilet Bottle
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) ‡+BP*
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