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LOT 0114

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GBP (£) 700 - 900
EUR (€) 810 - 1,040
USD ($) 890 - 1,140

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ROMAN CLEAR CUT-GLASS BEAKER
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (189 grams, 11 cm wide).

Translucent glass with wheel-cut bands creating registers of ellipses and circles.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the French art market, 1990s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 300-399, for a very similar example.

CONDITION