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LOT 0858
Roman Pale Green Iridescent Glass Vessel
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (31.21 grams, 10.5 cm).
With tall conical neck, squat body with deep shoulder, dimple base.
ProvenancePreviously from a German private collection.
Acquired Sotheby's, London, 13 & 14 July 1981, no.414 (part).
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 217, for type.
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