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LOT 0820
Roman Amber Glass Date Vessel
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (30.3 grams, 64 mm high).
Mould-blown with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim in amber-tinted glass, the body with modelled wrinkles to resemble a date. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631, for type.
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