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LOT 0736
Roman Iridescent Glass Rounded Bottom Beaker
1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (52.7 grams, 10.2 cm).
Cotton-reel-shaped body with a slightly rounded base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s from London dealerships and auction houses.
From the Lonson collection.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2001, item 166, for a similar type of beaker.
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