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