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LOT 1077
Roman Iridescent Pinched Glass Jug with Applied Handle
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (41 grams, 14 cm).
With tubular body, flared neck with everted rim and strap handle; pinched ribbing to the body, dimple base; iridescent surface [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Lloyd and Jeanne Raport, Washinton D.C.
and Florida, formed between 1972-2000.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 6.1.4, for a similar jug.
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LOT 1077
Roman Iridescent Pinched Glass Jug with Applied Handle
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £800
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Private Israeli collection of Mr S.M. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13441-263212.
A similar specimen, in a different colour, was found in a Romano-Egyptian tomb in Gurop, Egypt, and came into the possession of W.M. Flinders Petrie. Characteristics include two vertical handles, dropped on at the shoulder, bent at right angles to meet the neck bulge and then upwards again in a ring shape.
