Lot 149 , A Roman green glass auricular cup, 2nd/3rd century AD, 7.5cm high

A Roman green glass 'auricular' cup, 2nd/3rd century AD, the funnel shaped body with applied 'ears' on a moulded foot, 7.5cm high
Estimate £500-700

ex Andrew Constable-Maxwell collection of Ancient Glass, Sotheby's 4-5 June 1979, lot 236.

Andrew Rudebeck collection.


Condition - one ear broken and restored, some weathered iridescence and remnants of soil, otherwise good,


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