A Roman aubergine and white marbled glass bottle Circa 1st Century A.D. 10.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance: with Antiquarium Limited, New York, 2001. Acquired by the present owner from above on 29 October 2019. Such vessels would have been used for expensive perfumed oils and the narrow neck served to protect the precious liquid from the air, and from spilling. For the form see S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, 1980, p. 27, no. 71. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing