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LOT 0167

Roman White Elongated Glass Date Flask

1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (4 3/4 in.) (13 grams, 10.5 cm (46 grams total, 12 cm including stand)).

Mould-blown with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim, with modelled wrinkles.

Provenance

From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0167

Roman White Elongated Glass Date Flask

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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