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LOT 0760
Roman Miniature Glass Jar
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (51.34 grams, 47 mm wide).
With broad shoulder and conical body, everted rim, two loop handles and applied undulating band to the shoulder.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 297, for similar.
Footnotes
This jar is a Syro-Palestinian type. Similar jars were found in the graves of Beit Fajjar, Palestine, and usually dated at the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Their colour is usually yellow-green or light green, but purple is also used.
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LOT 0760
Roman Miniature Glass Jar
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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