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LOT 0143
Roman Marbled Turquoise Glass Bottle
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (9.44 grams, 84 mm).
Comprising an iridescent piriform body, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rolled rim.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in 2001.
This lot 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 236, for type.
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LOT 0143
Roman Marbled Turquoise Glass Bottle
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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