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LOT 0564
Roman Tall Glass Unguentarium
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (42.6 grams, 15.5 cm high).
With piriform body and dimpled base; slender tubular neck expanding slightly towards the rim; in pale green glass.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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