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LOT 0129
Roman Marbled Turquoise Glass Bottle
1ST-3RD 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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in 2001.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.
FootnotesIndented toilet bottles with long necks are rather common. In Western provinces of the Roman Empire, they occur most frequently in and around the Rhineland. In the Eastern part of the Empire, find places include Crete, Cyprus, Anatolia, Syria and Egypt.
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