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Lot 146*

A Roman pale aubergine glass twin-handled jar

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman pale aubergine glass twin-handled jar
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
A ring of green pie-crust frill beneath the funnel mouth, with green ribbed strap handles, the upper half of the spherical body blown with vertical ribs, 18cm high

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Provenance:
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1981 (Kokusai Bijutsu: Ninth International Art Exhibition, no. 46).

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