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LOT 0823
Roman Aubergine Glass Trefoil-Lipped Jug
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (48.08 grams, 10 cm).
Piriform body and a tubular neck with trefoil mouth, a strap handle ot the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, UK, in 1992 with reference no.K51.
From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.
Accompanied by an original Shirley Warren invoice no.2272 dated 21 November 1992 (£250.00).
See Antonaras, A., Ancient Glass in the J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2025, p.265, no.300, for the type.
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