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LOT 0908
Roman Dimpled Glass Beaker
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (57.9 grams, 90 mm).
Cylindrical in profile with dimpled sidewall and base, silver iridescence; circumferential trails to shoulder; interior sintered; old collector's label 'N-1688'.
ProvenanceWith Hôtel Drouot, 22-23 April 2001, no.576.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075137.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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