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LOT 0191
Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (147 grams, 20.1 cm).
With bulbous body, tall tubular neck, broad everted rim; applied red glass trail at upper neck and from shoulder to base; extensive iridescence.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203, for type.
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