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LOT 0129

Roman Glass Cup with Wheel-Cut Lines

1ST-2ND 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.

Footnotes

This form is similar to beakers produced in Roman Cyprus. The rim and the wall of these objects are very thin; in one similar beaker in the Cesnola collection they are less than 0.1 cm thick. They belong to the Vessberg beaker type A.II.α.

CONDITION

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LOT 0129

Roman Glass Cup with Wheel-Cut Lines

Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)

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