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Lot 155*

A Roman light green glass jug

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7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman light green glass jug
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With trefoil lip and spiral trail decoration around the cylindrical neck, the turquoise trail handle folded beneath the rim, the spherical body with fifteen vertical pinched ribs, 16.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.

Saleroom notices

Please note the provenance for this lot should read: with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills. Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.

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