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LOT 0586
Roman White Glass Bottle
2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (3 in.) (12.3 grams total, 7.2 cm (7.6 cm including stand)).
A small piriform unguentarium with everted rim; mounted on a display stand.
Provenance
From the collection of the 'Römer Apotheke', Glarus, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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