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LOT 0739
Roman Translucent Glass Bottle
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (66 grams, 15 cm).
Bulbous body with dimple base, tall tubular neck with rolled, stepped and folded rim.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.
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