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LOT 1010
Roman Marbled Cobalt Blue Glass Bottle
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
6 1/2 in. (102 grams, 16.5 cm).
With spherical, squat body and dimple base; tubular neck with flared mouth and rolled rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Edgar, M.C.C., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.32401-32800, Graeco-Egyptian Glass, Cairo, 1905, p. 48 (CG 32619) and pl. VII, for a similar bottle.
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