Roman marbled bottle, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 8.9cm
11540 IVP
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Free-blown in thick, translucent yellow and opaque white marbled glass. The wide, piriform body has a short cylindrical neck, and out-turned, inward-folded and flattened lip. Intact, one popped air bubble on the body.
Provenance
Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt, Germany; acquired 1960s
Literature
Compare A. von Saldern, B. Nolte, P. La Baume and T.E. Haevernick, Gläser der Antike, Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg, 1974), no.354
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