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LOT 0979
Roman Iridescent Glass Footed Beaker
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (93 grams, 10.2 cm).
Comprising a conical body and a flaring foot with a rolled rim.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
Cf. Lightfoot, C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, p.101, no.89, for similar beaker.
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