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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]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259, for type.
FootnotesSimilar 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’.
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