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LOT 0145
Roman Glass Vessel with Iridescence
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (59.8 grams, 73 mm wide).
Squat body with a short trumpet-shaped neck with rolled rim, applied openwork gallery encircling the neck.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
LiteratureCf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 321.
FootnotesSuch jars, with applied trails, are commonly found in the Near East and Egypt. One trail was wound once horizontally around the undercurve of the mouth; another was applied in a large pad to shoulder and then formed into wavy zigzag patterns.
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