Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1995, lot 270.
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THREE ROMAN TRANSLUCENT GLASS BEAKERS
1ST CENTURY A.D.
One of pale blue, the tapering ovoid body decorated with wheel-cut concentric bands below the ground rim and around the middle, 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; another, similar, with conical tapering body on folded spreading foot, ground rim and cut-band around the middle with lighter lines above and below, 3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; and a tall olive-green conical beaker with five wheel-cut bands, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (3)
1ST CENTURY A.D.
One of pale blue, the tapering ovoid body decorated with wheel-cut concentric bands below the ground rim and around the middle, 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; another, similar, with conical tapering body on folded spreading foot, ground rim and cut-band around the middle with lighter lines above and below, 3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; and a tall olive-green conical beaker with five wheel-cut bands, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (3)