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LOT 0733

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

ROMAN YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE WITH IRIDESCENCE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (10.1 grams, 65 mm).

Bulbous body with dimpled underside, tubular neck with rolled and folded rim, iridescent surface. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.

CONDITION
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