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LOT 0788
Roman Fluted Iridescent Amber Glass Cup
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (88 grams, 98 mm wide).
With iridescent surface, flat bottom, vertical ribbed segmentation, slightly everted chipped rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, with numbered reference G.31.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 603.
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