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LOT 0746
Large Roman Aubergine Glass Twin-Handled Jar
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (246 grams, 18 cm high).
An aubergine glass jar with onion-shaped body, cylindrical neck, trumpet-style mouth and rolled lip; two applied green glass handles and pie crust frill around neck, body with decorative raised lobes; some iridescence.
Provenance
Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan, 1981.
Kokusai Bijutsu: Ninth International Art Exhibition, no.46.
Acquired Bonhams, New Bond Street, 28 November 2019, lot 146.
Ex J.L. collection Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by copies of the Bonhams catalogue pages.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1890,1115.3, for a similar vessel.
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