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LOT 0198
Roman Glass Handled Jar
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (59 grams, 76 mm wide).
With a dimpled base, bulbous body with a carinated flange to the neck and a broad mouth, applied lateral handles.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass: The Corning Museum of Glass, volume I, New York, 1997, items 297-298, for type.
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LOT 0198
Roman Glass Handled Jar
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £2,500
Modelled in the round with a lionskin mantle over his extended forearm, standing nude with a club raised over his shoulder; provided with a contemporary custom-made stand. 244 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, before 1992; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13195-249254.
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