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Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful, free-blown glass cup with a pale-blue coloration and thick, silvery iridescence on its surface. The base of the vessel has a short, circular foot and a rough pontil in the center, with a near right-angle curve delineating the bottom from the walls. Unusually the top of the vessel is a broad, lip-like rim. Size: 3.1" W x 1.5" H (7.9 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000

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#135398

Repair on rim. Otherwise in nice condition with remarkable thick, silvery and rainbow iridescence. Vessel possesses a pontil scar or mark which indicates that the vessel was free-blown. (The absence of such a mark would suggest that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or worn away over time.)