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The Jack Alfred Goldhill Collection of Ancient Glass (Lots 137-156)
Lot 142

A Roman pale green glass rectangular bottle

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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A Roman pale green glass rectangular bottle

Circa late 1st-2nd Century A.D.
19cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Mr and Mrs A. Constable-Maxwell collection, UK.
The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass; Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 4-5 June 1979, lot 126.
Jack Alfred Goldhill collection, UK, acquired from the above sale; and thence by descent to the present owner.

The flat base is moulded with a bisected diamond set in a square. For the type, see examples in the Louvre in V. Arveiller-Dulong & M-D Nenna, Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2005, p. 68-69, figs 70-76.

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