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LOT 0770
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.
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 0770
Roman Ribbed Glass Bottle
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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