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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.

Provenance

Ex 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.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0690

Roman Cast Glass Cotton Reel Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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