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Lot 23*

A Roman yellow-green glass jug

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

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A Roman yellow-green glass jug
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
The spherical body with a pointed underside, set on a raised ring base, with broad ribbed green strap handle, the base of the cylindrical neck with a band of turquoise trail, another trail below the funnel mouth, 16cm high

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Provenance:
with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York (Shining Vessels, 1991, no. 126).
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in 1991.

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