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LOT 0154

Roman Glass Ribbed Vessel

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 in. (140 grams, 11.1 cm wide).

Flat, thick-walled bowl, mould-made with 22 large ribs to the outer face below the rim extending to the middle of the base; reassembled from fragments.

Provenance

Ex Martin Wunsch, New York 1980s-1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00098335.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume One, New York, 1997, pp.261-265, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0154

Roman Glass Ribbed Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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