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LOT 0132
Roman Pillar-Moulded Pale Green Glass Bowl
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (142 grams, 12.6 cm wide).
Shallow bowl with moulded pillar detailing on the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Millennium Antiquities, Lancashire, UK, in 2001.
From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.
Accompanied by an original Millennium Antiquities certificate of authenticity dated 13 October 2001.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, pp.49-51, nos.22-25, for similar ribbed bowls.
FootnotesRibbed bowls were typical cast tableware belonging to the early Imperial period, and parallels have been found throughout the Roman provinces and beyond. In Cyprus, as elsewhere in the eastern half of the Empire, bowls with short, close-set ribs concentrated around the middle of the body constitute a large group.
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