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LOT 0157
Roman Aubergine and Blue Marbled Glass Bowl
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (54 grams, 81 mm wide).
An aubergine-coloured glass bowl with a gently carinated and squat body, broad neck, medial raised ribs and decorative white trails.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 201, for type.
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