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LOT 0997
Roman Iridescent Glass Pinched Beaker
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (53 grams, 10.3 cm).
Flat base and a conical body with an everted rim; rim chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Norfolk, UK gentleman's collection, formed from the late 1960s-1970s.
LiteratureCf. Lightfoot, C.S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, pp.91-94, nos.75,80, for similar indented cups.
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