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LOT 0690
Roman Cast Glass Cotton Reel Vessel
3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (186 grams, 90 mm).
Wide bell-shaped body with flat base, tall tubular neck and splayed rim with rolled edge; iridescent surface.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.
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