拍品 191
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A LATE ROMAN GREEN GLASS INSCRIBED BOWL
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A LATE ROMAN GREEN GLASS INSCRIBED BOWL

4TH CENTURY A.D.

細節
A LATE ROMAN GREEN GLASS INSCRIBED BOWL
4TH CENTURY A.D.
The bulbous bowl with folded slightly flaring rim, the body decorated with wheel-cut wide band of cross-hatching above the double-line Greek inscription "YTIA" (Good Health)
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) rim diam.
來源
English private collection, acquired in 1996.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

For a full discussion of this type, cf. D. B. Harden, 'Late Roman Wheel-inscribed Glasses with Double-line Letters', Kölner Jahrbuch für Vor-und Frühgeschichte, 9, Cologne, 1967, pp. 43-55.

A similarly shaped bowl with double-line inscription reading "EYTYXI" (Good Fortune), sold Sotheby's London, The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4-5 June 1979, lot 268.