A ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS TREFOIL-LIPPED JUG

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A ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS TREFOIL-LIPPED JUG
SECOND HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The body mould-blown with impressed decoration comprising a central frieze of nine overlapping circles each with large central dot, a double row of impressed dots below and traces of a single row above, the applied translucent green handle with thumb-rest
5.1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. N. Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, St Petersburg, 1997, p. 276, nos. 123-125, pls. 123-125 on p. 275 for similar.

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