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LOT 0779
Roman Pale Green Glass Flask
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (26.5 grams, 95 mm).
With flattened discoid body, pinched tubular neck with everted rolled rim, iridescent surface.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
LiteratureCf. for similar The Metropolitan Museum, New York, item 74.51.67, in Lightfoot, C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, p.290, no.430.
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