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CIRCA 1ST-1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
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TEN ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
CIRCA 1ST-1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising a green glass flask, with square pinched body and flaring rim, base with rosette; a green glass pillar-moulded bowl with two wheel cut bands on the interior; a pale green beaker with rounded base and cylindrical sides; a pale green flask, with globular body and tall cylindrical neck; a miniature green glass globular flask with flaring rim; a shallow green glass bowl, with flaring sides; another similar bowl; a green glass unguentarium, with flat base and tall slender neck; a glass flask with piriform body and tall cylindrical neck; and a mould-blown head flask, with grotesque facial features and tall neck
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high max.
CIRCA 1ST-1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising a green glass flask, with square pinched body and flaring rim, base with rosette; a green glass pillar-moulded bowl with two wheel cut bands on the interior; a pale green beaker with rounded base and cylindrical sides; a pale green flask, with globular body and tall cylindrical neck; a miniature green glass globular flask with flaring rim; a shallow green glass bowl, with flaring sides; another similar bowl; a green glass unguentarium, with flat base and tall slender neck; a glass flask with piriform body and tall cylindrical neck; and a mould-blown head flask, with grotesque facial features and tall neck
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high max.
Provenance
Acquired London, 1960s-1970s.
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