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LOT 0182
Large Roman Green Glass Vessel with Applied Blue Handles and Green Zig-Zag Trail
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (125 grams, 10.3 cm wide).
With a bulbous body, short tubular neck, broad everted rim, applied dark green handles, zig-zag and linear lines applied to the body.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Lloyd and Jeanne Raport, Washington, D.C. and Florida, formed between 1972-2000.
Estate auction, Weschler's, Maryland, 9-12 December 1982, lot 1074.
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 292, for the type; Bergman, M. et al., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, items 165-166, for the type.
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LOT 0182
Large Roman Green Glass Vessel with Applied Blue Handles and Green Zig-Zag Trail
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £6,500
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Opening Bid: £50
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