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LOT 0116
Roman Marbled Amber Glass Vase
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (47 grams, 85 mm high).
Of squat carinated form, slender tapering neck with everted rim, decorative white marbling over the body.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 453, for type.
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