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A large Roman glass cinerary urn image 1
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Lot 203

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A large Roman glass cinerary urn
Circa mid 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Pale blueish-green in colour, the free blown vessel with piriforn body tapering and then folded out to form the ring foot, the short neck flaring to the thick folded rim, with large applied twin M-shaped strap handles on the shoulders, 10¾in (27.3cm) high

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Provenance:
Harry A. Norton Collection, Canada, 1940s.

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