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LOT 0773

Large Roman Iridescent Glass Vessel

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

6 5/8 in. (143 grams, 17 cm high).

With broad shoulder, slender neck, stepped neck and upwards-flaring rim, two applied rectangular handles; iridescent surfaces.

Provenance

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Corning Museum Of Glass, accession number 52.1.75, for similar.

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LOT 0773

Large Roman Iridescent Glass Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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