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Lot 127*

A Roman blue and white marbled glass unguentarium

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman blue and white marbled glass unguentarium
Circa 1st Century A.D.
9.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 July 1996, lot 282 (part lot).
The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection (NFB 024b), acquired from the above sale.

Published:
J. v.d. Groen & H. van Rossum, Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, Utrecht, 2011, p. 66.

Exhibited:
Thermenmuseum, Heerlen, NL, "Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit",
29 April – 28 August 2011, exhibition no. 113.

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