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LOT 0580

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

ROMAN GLASS AMPHORA
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (31 grams, 97 mm high).

Pale green colour with broad rounded shoulder tapering to a rounded base, cylindrical neck and everted rim, applied scrolling handles; iridescent surfaces.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 307; Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 81.10.171 and 199318, for other Roman glass amphoras.

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