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LOT 0162

Estimate
GBP (£) 700 - 900
EUR (€) 810 - 1,040
USD ($) 940 - 1,210

ROMAN IRIDESCENT AUBERGINE GLASS JAR WITH TWO HANDLES
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (51 grams, 76 mm).

With squat bulbous body, dimple base, flared trumpet neck; applied trails to the shoulder, two strap handles.

PROVENANCE:
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 690, for type.

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