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LOT 0162

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940

ROMAN GLASS TWO-HANDLED JAR
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (132 grams, 12.2 cm high).

Comprising a bulbous body with dimple base, bell-shaped neck with rolled rim, two applied strap handles.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 333, for type.

CONDITION
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