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LOT 0638
Roman Mould-Blown Glass Flask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (49.4 grams, 82 mm).
With squat body and dimple base, reticulation pattern to the shoulder, partly restricted inner neck and baluster, applied gusseted rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
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, Volume 2, New York, 2003, p.122, for similar.
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