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LOT 0739
Roman Iridescent Glass Vessel
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (20.7 grams, 89 mm).
With globular body, columnar neck and ground rim; much iridescence remaining to surface.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.3, New York, 2003, item 1139.
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