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LOT 0145
Roman Cast Glass Dish
1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (161 grams, 16.5 cm).
With shallow convex body and slightly inturned rim; iridescent surface.
Provenance
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 81.10.32, for a later comparable example.
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