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LOT 0629
Roman Iridescent Pale Blue Glass Trulla
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
7 1/2 in. (88 grams, 19 cm).
With an aqua-coloured hemispherical bowl and dark blue glass rim and handle with raised knops to the neck, the bowl with moulded lozengiform 'net' motif with kick-up to base surrounded by a moulded rosette; iridescent surfaces; handle repaired.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 81.10.95, for a similar vessel; cf. The V&A Museum, accession number C.128-1926, for a similar vessel; cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 66.1.224, for similar.
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