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LOT 0195
Roman Green Glass Beaker with Decorated Body
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (62 grams, 11.5 cm).
With straight sides narrowing to the dimpled base, a rolled rim; the body decorated with diagonal ribbed lines.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Grossmann, R.A., Ancient Glass, a guide to the Yale collection, Yale, 2002, figs.13 and 32, for less elaborate types.
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