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Lot 61*

A late Roman bluish-green glass basket

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A late Roman bluish-green glass basket
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
The deep bowl with a folded rim and tooled base, with a thick high arching handle, 19cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Property of a gentleman.
Christie's, New York, 09 December 1999, lot 469.
With Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1995.

Published:
M. Newby, The Beauty of Ancient Glass, Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1995, p. 12, no. 50.

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