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LOT 0626
Roman Glass Vessel
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (85 grams, 10.2 cm).
With bulbous body and regular pattern of shallow dimples, flat base, narrow obstructed neck, mouth with flared and folded rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772, for broad type.
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