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Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail
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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.

Provenance

From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 203, for type.

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LOT 0191

Roman Tall Glass Flask with Red Trail

Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

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