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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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0733

Roman Yellow Glass Bottle with Iridescence

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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