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