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LOT 0688
Small Roman Glass Flask with Trail
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (13.5 grams, 70 mm).
With a bulbous body and tubular neck with applied trail decoration.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
See Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, p.137, no.341, for the type.
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