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    12 December 2002

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    • A ROMAN GLASS RIBBED BOWL
    Lot 375 | A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GLASS Read more

    A ROMAN GLASS RIBBED BOWL

    CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

    Price realised

    USD 4,780

    Estimate

    USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

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    A ROMAN GLASS RIBBED BOWL
    Circa Late 1st Century B.C.-Early 1st Century A.D.
    Amber in color, the hemispherical bowl sagged with sixteen vertical ribs, with three horizontal wheel cut grooves on the interior, two in the center of the bowl and one just below the rounded rim, on a flat base
    2¼ in. (5.7 cm) high; 4½ in. (11.4 cm) diameter

    Provenance

    Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, circa 1990

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    Lot Essay

    For a similar example in the Ernesto Wolf Collection see no. 91, p. 312-313 in Stern and Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 BC-AD 50.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GLASS

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