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LOT 0754
Roman Glass Two-Handled Jar
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (58 grams, 11cm).
With mould-blown tubular body decorated with raised ribs to the shoulder and impressed honeycomb effect to the sidewall, pontil base;
milky patination and iridescent surface.
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s.
Literature
See Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 333, for type.
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LOT 0754
Roman Glass Two-Handled Jar
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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