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LOT 0822
Roman Tall Glass Flask
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 in. (29.3 grams, 12.4 cm).
With squat body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Norri collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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