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LOT 0159
Roman Tall Glass Bottle
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (140 grams, 17.5 cm).
With plano-convex body and flat base, tapering neck and everted rim; some iridescence to surface.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Luxembourg, 2002.
Swiss private collection, 2003.
Ex Vittorio Rizzi, Basel, prior 2005.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00035605.
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, item 772.
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