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LOT 0132

Estimate
GBP (£) 800 - 1,000
EUR (€) 930 - 1,160
USD ($) 1,070 - 1,340

ROMAN GLASS CUP WITH WHEEL-CUT LINES
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (131 grams, 95 mm).

With biconvex body, dimple base, convex rim, wheel-cut circumferential bands.

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:
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass: The Corning Museum of Glass, volume I, New York, 1997, item 388.

CONDITION
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