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LOT 0806
Roman Glass Vessel
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
37/8 in. (51 grams, 98 mm).
With slightly tapering body, trumpet-shaped mouth and gussetted folded rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S. Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 307; Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 81.10.171 and 199318, for other Roman glass amphoras.
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