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Lot 17*

A Roman aubergine glass twin-handled jar

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman aubergine glass twin-handled jar
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With green undulating trail handles applied between the folded collar rim and broad shoulders, the tapering body with hollow flared foot with pushed-in conical kick and circular pontil mark, 10.8cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1961, lot 83.
Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886–1965) collection, Switzerland; and thence by continuous descent.
Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 190.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.

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