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LOT 0874
Roman Translucent Glass Vessel
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (63 grams, 14.6 cm).
With piriform body and dimple base, broad tapering neck, rolled and everted rim.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.
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