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995 - ROMAN TRANSLUCENT GLASS JUG. Ca.

Estimate £600 - £1,000

Description

ROMAN TRANSLUCENT GLASS JUG. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A free-blown translucent olive green glass jug with an ovoid body on a broad splaying foot, a short cylindrical neck, and a funnel-shaped mouth. A single applied handle rises from the shoulder to the neck, extends across the middle of the neck, and is pinched along its outer edge to form four semicircular projections. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number 81.10.251. Size: 135mm x 75mm; Weight: 115g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the London art market; previously in the collection of D. Ruskin, Oxford, 1990s.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM

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