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LOT 0134

Large Roman Glass Amphora with Trail

3RD CENTURY A.D.

8 3/8 in. (125 grams, 21.2 cm).

With broad rounded shoulder, piriform body tapering to a stub foot, cylindrical neck and flared rim with rolled edge, applied twisted green glass handles (one partly absent); slightly iridescent surface.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Private collection, New York, USA.

Literature

Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 307, for type.

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LOT 0134

Large Roman Glass Amphora with Trail

Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)

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£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*

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