Roman Marbled Turquoise Glass Bottle. 1st century A.D. Comprising an iridescent piriform body, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rolled rim. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type. 9.44 grams, 84 mm (3 1/4 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Acquired on the European art market in 2001. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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