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LOT 255456
Large Roman Glass Amphora with Trail
CIRCA 1ST 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 255456
Large Roman Glass Amphora with Trail
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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