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LOT 0186
Roman Glass Trefoil-Mouthed Juglet
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (30 grams, 84 mm).
With bulbous body and pontil base, slender neck, rolled rim pinched to a trefoil; applied handle to the rear.
Provenance
From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 334, for type.
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LOT 0186
Roman Glass Trefoil-Mouthed Juglet
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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