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LOT 0131
Roman Marbled Glass Blue Bottle
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (19.7 grams, 83 mm).
An iridescent glass unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in 2001.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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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LOT 0131
Roman Marbled Glass Blue Bottle
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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