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ROMAN JUG WITH ORIGINAL STOPPER, 1ST CENT AD
Catalogue:
Antiques:
Regional Art:
Ancient World:
Roman:
Glass:
Pre AD 1000 item# 1029767
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Aphrodite Ancient Art
212.987.9878
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Culture: Roman.
Date: 1st Century A.D.
Material; Pale green glass.
Condition: Intact, very good.
Provenance: American private collection.
Measurements: 5.1 inches high (12.7 cms).
Blown with spherical form and concave base, with a tall cylindrical neck and a folded rim, with original stopper still intact, and a vertical handle. Very rare with stopper.
Cf: No. 153, Benzian collection, another found in Cologne, see Otto Doppelfeld, Romisches und Frankisches Glas in Koln, Colog ...click for details
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ROMAN RIBBED BOWL, 1ST CENTURY BC/AD
Catalogue:
Antiques:
Regional Art:
Ancient World:
Roman:
Glass:
Pre AD 1000 item# 1029762
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Aphrodite Ancient Art
212.987.9878
SOLD.
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vitae brevitas homo vitro fragilior. Nonne fragilior sumus,quam si vitrei essemus? Vitrum enim etsi fragile est, tamen servatum diu durat: et invenis calices ab avis et proavis, in quibus bibunt nepotes et pronepotes, tanta fragilitas custodia est per annos.
The life of man is frailer than glass. Would we be frailer if we were glass? For, even if glass is fragile, yet, if cared for, it lasts a long time, and you find grandsons and great-grandsons drinking out of the cups of their grandfathers ...click for details
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