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LOT 0162

Roman Flared Glass Beaker

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (117 grams, 11.5 cm).

A 'lotus bud' style beaker with tapering cylindrical body, everted rim and shallow pontil with applied rim to base (partly absent).

Provenance

From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
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 29.100.80, for comparable vessel.

CONDITION

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LOT 0162

Roman Flared Glass Beaker

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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