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LOT 0692
Roman Dark Green Glass Cotton-Reel Jar
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (71.5 grams, 51 mm).
Squat in profile with flared body and broad base, short neck and flared mouth with rolled rim.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, art market 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
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