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LOT 0972
Roman Blown Glass Jug
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (40 grams, 96 mm).
Bulbous body and rounded underside, long neck, trumpet-shaped mouth with applied rim, applied strap handle with ribbing.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0972
Roman Blown Glass Jug
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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