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LOT 0761

Roman Glass Bowl

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 1/8 in. (31.9 grams, 79 mm).

Shallow in profile with basal ring, iridescent surface, applied collar below the rim.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 759, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0761

Roman Glass Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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