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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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