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LOT 0443
Lead-Glazed Ribbed Glass Amphora
PARTHIAN, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (104 grams, 95 mm).
Squat in profile with ribbed sidewall and scooped foot, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth flanked by two thick loop handles. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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