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LOT 0187
Roman Translucent Glass Amphora
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (69 grams, 12.9 cm).
With sloping, rounded shoulder, a globular body tapering to a flared base, a cylindrical neck and a stepped rim, applied handles.
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 307.
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