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LOT 0893
Roman Dimpled Glass Jar with Trails
3RDT-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (46.5 grams, 78 mm wide).
With dimpled base, bulbous body with opposed dimples to the sidewall, flange to the neck, applied trails to the body.
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 705, for type.
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