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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]
ProvenanceM.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.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.
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'Felix' in Latin can mean 'happy' or 'fortunate'.
