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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.
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume One, New York, 1997, pp.261-265, for type.
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Opening Bid: £50
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