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LOT 0690

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 480 - 720
USD ($) 520 - 780

ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS VESSEL WITH TRAILS
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (64 grams, 68 mm wide).

An aubergine glass jar with dimples around the circumference, trumpet-style neck and rim, applied openwork trails around the shoulder; pontil to base; iridescent surfaces.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a London gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 53.1.6, for a broadly comparable type; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 74.51.197 and 91.1.1396, for similar types.

CONDITION
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