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LOT 0868

Roman Glass Jug with Fillets

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (105 grams, 76 mm).

With bulbous body, flared rim and applied zigzag trail to neck, dimple base; old collector's labels to underside '2970' and 'L-16437'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

M.C. (b.14.12.1933) and R.C. Burckhardt (b.10.05.1929), Basel, Switzerland, thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 0868

Roman Glass Jug with Fillets

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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