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LOT 1045
Late Roman Glass Bowl
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (118 grams, 16 cm wide).
With a narrow basal ring and a curved sidewall, a rolled rim.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 603, for a similar type.
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