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LOT 0182
Roman Square Glass Flask
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (81 grams, 93 mm).
With a dimple to the underside, a square-section body and a wide everted rim with a step to the edge.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, items 643-645, for type
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