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LOT 0813
Roman Glass Vase
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (13.7 grams, 50 mm).
Squat in profile with sloped shoulder, everted flange rim.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2001, item 287, for a similar type, from Roman Egypt.
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LOT 0813
Roman Glass Vase
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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