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LOT 0656
Roman Pinch-Decorated Glass Bottle
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (39.4 grams, 78 mm high).
In translucent light green glass, rounded body with six pinched decorative bands, funicular neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the deceased estate of a private UK gentleman.
with Fieldings Auctioneers, Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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