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Lot 62*

A Roman green glass rectangular bottle

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £2,500

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A Roman green glass rectangular bottle
Circa late 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Mould-blown, the body of square cross-section with gently concave base, the cylindrical neck with a wide mouth and folded rim, a strap handle applied to the shoulder and pulled up to the rim, 14.4cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Property of a gentleman.
With Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1995.

Published:
M. Newby, The Beauty of Ancient Glass, Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1995, p. 10, no. 38.

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