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LOT 0674
Roman Pale Green Glass Bowl
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (43.69 grams, 75 mm).
With narrow basal ring and curved sidewall, carinated and flared rim.
ProvenanceAquired Christie's, London, Antiquities, Works of Art and Important Renaissance Bronzes, Plaquettes and Limoges Enamels, 8 July 1981, no.12 (part).
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 603, for a similar type.
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