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LOT 0665
Roman Glass Vessel
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (27.6 grams, 99 mm).
Translucent glass with applied trail foot, applied handles with pinched detailing, iridescent surface; restored. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 300-399, for general type; Auth, H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p.47, for similar.
FootnotesThis bowl represents one of the two variants of the glassware used under the early Principate. In particular it represents a variant with bright translucent colour. The same shape can be seen on the pottery and in the metal works of the period, and examples like such have been found not only in Italy (Pompeii) but also in the military camps of Noricum, Germania and Britannia.
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