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LOT 0921

Roman Glass Handled Jar

4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (39.4 grams, 78 mm wide).

With dimpled base, bulbous body with opposed dimples to the sidewall, applied flange to the neck, applied trails forming lateral handles.

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, items 297-298, for similar.

Footnotes

These biconical jars with opposed handles, rounded lips and overhanging tubular flanges, are typical of the late Roman period, There are Syro-Palestinian types, with similar examples having been found in Beit Fajjar, West Bank, Palestine.

CONDITION

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LOT 0921

Roman Glass Handled Jar

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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