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LOT 0605

Roman Decorated Glass Bowl

3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.

5 5/8 in. (131 grams, 14.3 cm wide).

A transparent glass bowl with gently tapering sidewalls and iridescent surfaces; base displaying a geometric motif with cut or engraved shallow dimples at centre surrounded by curved, radiating lines, circular dimples around the perimeter, with possible shallow ovals to the exterior wall.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1.
Property of a North West London gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume One, New York, 1997, pp.261-265, esp. item 450.

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LOT 0605

Roman Decorated Glass Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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