A Roman clear glass flask, with vertical rim and funnel mouth, a tapering neck leading to a globular body, and standing on a flattened base, indented towards the centre. Areas of green weathering and iridescence.
 
Circa 4th Century AD.
 
Condition: Very Fine, complete and intact.
Height 13.5 cms (5.3 ins)
 
For similar examples see item 280; Roman Glass in Corning Museum of Glass, volume one; David Whitehouse.
 
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