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LOT 0161
Roman Translucent Glass Bowl
3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (209 grams, 16 cm wide).
Translucent aqua glass with moulded texture to the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 300-399, for type.
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