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LOT 0860

Roman Glass Vessel

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

5 in. (27.6 grams, 12.5 cm).

Tall thin translucent pale green vessel with wide foot and dimpled base, tapering stem and flared rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.

Footnotes

Similar bottles were produced in Roman Cyprus. Hayes had divided the Cypriot products into three classes on the basis of the character of the glass. This example belongs to the third class, i.e. ‘very thin-walled pieces in a pale fabric, almost colourless in parts’.

CONDITION

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LOT 0860

Roman Glass Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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