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LOT 0715
Roman Glass Jar with Zig-Zag Trail
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (93 grams, 78 mm wide).
Squat with a wide everted rim and broad base indented towards the centre; applied zig-zag trail connecting the flange rim to the shoulder, seven pinched projections below; green weathering and some iridescence.
ProvenanceAcquired from a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex Times Ancient, Bristol, UK, with stock no.K422.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 321.
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