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LOT 0701
Roman Square Green Glass Flask
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (34.7 grams, 49 mm).
With dimple to the underside, squat square body and wide everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, items 643-645, for type.
FootnotesThe object is certainly Late Roman in shape, although similar typologies did also exist in early Islamic glasswork. The bottle was probably blown into a flat mould to produce the ribs, then expanded and tooled to form the body.
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LOT 0701
Roman Square Green Glass Flask
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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