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LOT 0663
Roman Flared Glass Vessel
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (47 grams, 12 cm).
With dimple base, globular body, pinched neck and flared mouth with thickened rim; some iridescence to the pale blue-green glass.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 227, for type.
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