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LOT 0733
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.
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