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LOT 0137

Roman Ribbed Glass Bottle

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

7 1/2 in. (174 grams, 19 cm).

With globular body, dimple foot, slight vertical ribbing to body, broad funicular mouth with folded rim.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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 286, for type.

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LOT 0137

Roman Ribbed Glass Bottle

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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