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LOT 0136

Roman Yellow Glass Amphora

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (31.08 grams, 92 mm).

With broad rounded shoulder tapering to a conical foot, cylindrical neck and everted mouth with rolled rim, applied trail handles and collar.

Provenance

From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 307, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0136

Roman Yellow Glass Amphora

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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